Archive · 30 Jul 2026
Nigeria destroys 2,819 seized illicit arms in security crackdown
Nigeria's government agency that watches weapons said it blew up 2,819 old guns and other weapons that were illegal.
They did this in a big show in Abuja so people could see the weapons were gone forever.
The chief of the agency, Johnson Kokumo, explained that the weapons were destroyed so they could not be used again.
This is part of a plan to make the country safer by stopping bad weapons from being sold or used.
The operation happened on July 30, 2024.
Nigeria's arms control agency destroyed 2,819 illicit weapons.
Weapons were obsolete, decommissioned, and seized.
Destruction was a public exercise to prevent re-entry into circulation.
Agency chief Johnson Kokumo announced the operation.
The move aims to curb insecurity from illegal arms proliferation.
- Who
- Nigeria's arms control agency and its chief Johnson Kokumo
- What
- Destroyed 2,819 illicit, obsolete, decommissioned weapons
- When
- Thursday, July 30, 2024
- Where
- Abuja, Nigeria
- Why
- To curb insecurity fueled by illegal arms proliferation
- Country
- Nigeria
- Agency
- Nigeria's arms control agency
- Weapons destroyed
- 2,819
- Date of operation
- July 30, 2024
- Purpose
- Prevent re-entry of illicit arms into circulation