Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- A Nigerian lawmaker, Orji Kalu, has admitted that he previously engaged in international arms trading, saying he sold weapons to buyers across several African countries before abandoning the business at the insistence of his parents.

Mr Kalu, the senator for Abia North, disclosed on Monday during an interview on Arise Television, where he recounted his involvement in the arms trade and his relationships with political leaders across Africa.

"My major business used to be outside this country, to deal in arms. I was selling guns to make money, but my parents, my mother and my father, came and said I must stop, and I stopped," he said.

The former Abia State governor said he subsequently abandoned the business but maint...