Insecurity: Why Nigerians Can’t Bear Arms, Buhari's Minister Gives Important Reason
- The security challenge of the country has continued to bother the safety of the people in the land with the call by some personalities in the country for the people to bear arms
- In reaction, the minister of police affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi who is not in support of the above demand explained why Nigerians cannot bear arms
- According to the minister, the moment Nigerians are allowed to bear arms, the insecurity challenge would return from bad to worse
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The minister of police affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, has said the country’s insecurity challenge would be worsened if Nigerians are allowed to bear arms.
He made this disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja, on Thursday, April 7, while answering a question on the call by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, who last week said Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country.
Dingyadi noted that the federal government is doing all it takes to minimise the circulation of firearms among most Nigerians, Daily Trust reports.
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The minister said:
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“We are even doing all we can to ensure that we minimize the circulation of firearms among most Nigerians. We should restrict this to people who are supposed to own them, those who are supposed to use them, people who have been trained to use them and people who have access to use them.
“Otherwise, if you make it all people’s affair, it will worsen the situation. This is my honest opinion. I don’t share that view at this moment, I don’t support that."
The way forward for officers
He added that his ministry was doing everything in its capacity to ensure that implementation of salary increment for police officers across the country becomes a reality as soon as possible, Leadership also reported.
Senate raises alarm as bandits take over Kaduna
In a previous report by Legit.ng, a motion raised by a Kaduna senator, Uba Sani at plenary last Tuesday, March 28, drew the Senate’s attention to “the continuing attacks on communities and public facilities in Kaduna State.”
In their resolution after expressing varied emotions over the ongoing bandits' attack, mostly characterized by fear, the lawmakers called on the military to, without delay go after the terrorists, bombard them, and ensure peace returns to the transport sector and other areas of concern.
Kill them, eliminate them, Adesina says
Meanwhile, a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, admitted that Nigeria is at war following the incessant attacks by bandits. According to Adesina, bandits had declared war on the country, and the earlier they are stopped, the better for the country.
He said, no matter what rights activists would want to say, the only option left is to kill and eliminate completely bandits and terrorists championing the constant attacks.
With the marching orders from the Villa, it’s yet to be seen if the men of the underworld will put on hold attacks on facilities and communities around Kaduna and Niger state. While efforts were on to track the bandits responsible for the train attack, more attacks have been recorded on the road and in villages within the axis.
There were rumours in town that the nation’s president was unable to go to the national stadium to support the Super Eagles for fear of insecurity, resulting in too many questions about the nation’s security situation.
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