President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said weapons being used for the war in Ukraine and Russia were filtering into the Lake Chad and Sahel regions.
This is according to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari calls for tighter security around borders in the Lake Chad basin with the proliferation of weapons from the Russia-Ukraine war.’
Buhari called for increased collaborative actions by border control agencies and other security services to stop the circulation of illegal weapons in the region.
“Weapons used in the war in Ukraine and Russia are also beginning to filter into the region,” Buhari told leaders at the Lake Chad Basin Commission’s 16th Summit of Heads of State and Government.
The Nigerian leader, who ended his tenure as Chairman of the Summit of Heads of State and Government, said although the threat from terrorists in the region had been relatively brought under control, the influx of weapons posed fresh challenges.
