Arms Movement: National Taskforce Seek Speedy Bill Passage

The National Task Force on illegal importation of arms, ammunitions light and chemical weapons says it has strengthened its surveillance towards checking the activities of banditry and other security threats in the Northern parts of the country.

The acting director general of the force Musa Mohammed stated this during an emergency meeting of the organisation in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

Musa Mohammed however appealed to the National Assembly to expedite action on the bill which has passed second reading seeking for the establishment of a commission on illegal importation of arms to strengthen the force operations across the country.