More than Seven hundred small arms and light weapons submitted to the Katsina state Dialogue and Amnesty Committee by Cattle rustlers and Herdsmen have been destroyed.
This is to commemorate this year’s United Nations disarmament day.
The event was organized by the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and light weapons in conjunction with ECOWAS, EU and other partners.
The representative of Governor Aminu Masari at the event, Secretary to the state government Mustapha Inuwa says the cattle rustlers and herdsmen willingly submitted their weapons.
He called on World leaders to checkmate the exchange of small arms along Nigeria’s borders.
