Insecurity: Nigeria Under Siege, Senate Warns

The Senate has again raised the alarm that Nigeria was under siege following the continued security challenges in the country with attendant armed banditry and Kidnapping.
According to the Senate, Nigeria was presently under siege from what it described as murderous non –state actors, whose activities are threatening continued existence of the country.
Speaking in Abuja at a public hearing organised by the Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti Central-led Joint Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Navy and Marine Transport on Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Exclusive Economic Zones Act 2010 (Repeal and Re–Enactment) Bill 2021, Senator Uba Sani, APC Kaduna Central, stressed that there was the urgent need for the country address the worrisome situation.
Meanwhile, records from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) have showed that out of 500million Illegal weapons circulating in West Africa, 350million, which represents 70 per cent are domiciled in Nigeria for nefarious activities of criminally minded people.
Speaking further, Senator Uba