Khartoum, February 13(Darfur24) Member of the Supreme Committee for the unlicensed Arms Collection, Lieutenant General Abdel -Hadi Abdullah, revealed on Monday that there are (8) million weapons illegally possessed by citizens.
Addressing participants of a workshop on unregistered cars and unlicensed weapons Monday at the Republican Palace, Al;hadi said the spread of illegal weapons is the most prominent threat of security and peace in the country, as it helps in human trafficking, drug trafficking, smuggling and tribal wars.
He stressed that the committee is monitoring and working to prevent the spread of weapons and their entery into the country through 64 border crossings with neighboring countries.
He indicated that the campaign to collect weapons comes in the context of responding to the requirements of national security, peace and stability and to meet the call of the African Union calling for the silence of guns and the imposition of the prestige of the state
Abdel -Hadi , confirmed that the committee in the next stage focuses on collecting weapons inside the capital and by collecting information about the places of weapons, making broad campaigns, blockade and inspection by joint forces .
For his part, a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Mr. Al -Taher Hajar, stressed that the process of collecting weapons and unregistered vehicles has become the preoccupation of all state agencies because of its association with the security aspect and considered it one of the basic issues.
In the context, Major General Maash, Fadlallah Barma Nasser, head of the National Umma Party, said, “The spread of weapons in Sudan is a dangerous phenomenon if we do not remedy it.