The first step towards keeping the Sahel region of Africa peaceful and secure is by ensuring that the State of Libya regains stability, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
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The President spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving the outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas.
According to the President, the worsening case of arms and ammunition proliferation in the West African and the Sahel region of the continent resulted from the fall of the former Libyan strongman, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, and the infiltration of different countries within the region by his fleeing bodyguards.
According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari said Gadaffi held a grip on power in Libya for 42 years by recruiting armed guards from different countries, who then escaped with their arms when the Libyan strongman was killed.
“They didn’t learn any other skill than to shoot and kill. So, they are a problem all over the Sahel countries today,” the President said.
He added; “We closed our land borders here for more than a year, but arms and ammunition continued to flow illegally. As far as Libya remains unstable, so will the problem remain.
“We have to cope with the problems of development, as we can’t play hop, step and jump. But we will eventually overcome those problems.”
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