Northern borders are porous, aiding crime – Sen. Fadahunsi

Senator Francis Fadahunsi on Monday identified the several porous borders in Northern Nigeria as aids in the proliferation of small arms and light weapons across the country.

Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East Senatorial district at the Senate opined that despite the Federal Government’s decision to close all land borders, the menace of smuggling continues rather unabatedly in the Northern borders.

The lawmaker disclosed that many traditional markets were covert routes for transactions of illegal weapons, as he specifically mentioned ‘Animal market’ in Potiskum, Yobe State as a convergence of such illicit deals.

He made this known through a press statement signed by his Media Adviser, Sam Segun-Progress.

According to the retired customs boss: “The routes through which arms and leather weapons come into Nigeria remain unchecked and free because there is no one looking in that direction.

He, therefore, urged the Federal Government to look inward and set out mechanisms to curtail the scourge.