The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has backed President
Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to security agents to shot any unauthorized person
carrying an AK-47 rifle.
Buhari gave the directive as a measure to curb the
activities of banditry and terrorism in the country.
The President had ordered security agents to go into the
bushes and shoot whoever they see with weapons like AK-47.
Reacting, ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe
commended Buhari for the directive.
In a statement, Yawe said: “Though only lawyers can
interpret the legality of the President’s order, that the President ordered
people to be shot without trial is a legal issue.
“But we agree that there is a need for the extreme measure
to curb the spread of arms like AK-47.
“Some governors are even arguing that people should be
allowed to carry AK-47 and that is not right. They want the country to dissolve
into anarchy. It is not right for private individuals to carry AK-47, which is
known all over the world as a very dangerous assault rifle.
“Nigeria is not at war, so why should people carry AK47
freely? Even Dane guns, you need a licence to own it. In Nigeria, people just
carry AK-47 freely and they kill people and nothing happens to them.
“The ACF welcomes the President’s order.”
Lately, gun-wielding bandits have been on the prowl in the
Northern part of the country.
Schools in Zamfara, Niger, Katsina States have been the
major target of the bandits.
Several students have been abducted and later released after
some form of negotiations between the bandits and affected state governments.
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