Guinea (GoG) as a key route for arms, drugs and human trafficking into the country.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the Nigerian government discovered the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) as a key route for arms, drugs and human trafficking into the country.

Ribadu, who made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday during a two-day seminar titled "Climate Change and the Changing Dynamics of Arms Proliferation and Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria in Perspective," held in Abuja. 

The NSA said the GoG is rich in natural resources and mineral deposits, with an estimated 24 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, contributing approximately five million barrels daily to the global oil market.

During the seminar organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) in collaboration with the Global Network for Human Development, Ribadu who was represented by Ibrahim Babani, Director of External Affairs at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), said that the Nigerian government is investigating the GoG. 

Ribadu noted that among these crimes is the smuggling of small arms and light weapons by international crime syndicates.

He emphasised the need for further investigation into the GoG as a major route for arms trafficking, particularly in light of the connections between climate change, armed violence, and the proliferation of arms within the region.