The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Police hierarchy to allow Nigerians carry firearms so as to defend themselves.
Itse Sagay who disclosed this during an interview yesterday said, all the restrictions on owning firearms should be lifted, due to the current security challenges bedeviling the country.
“… All sorts of things are happening nowadays. You have kidnappers, bandits, Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram. The reality is that there is nowhere that is safe in the country. Traveling by road today is a very risky endeavor that one will hardly try. So, there is total insecurity in the country,” he said.
The outspoken Professor who noted that the Federal Government was overwhelmed by various security challenges, said insecurity would reduce if Nigerians are allowed to bear arms.
“Let the generality of the public be allowed to own weapons, especially in all those villages where they are being massacred. Their men should be given weapons so that when the attackers come, they will also be given a challenge which may discourage them in future.” he added.
