Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff (CDS), says no state
has the power to procure automatic weapons for its security outfits.
He said this on Friday in an interview with journalists
after the national security council (NSC) meeting in Abuja.
The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
While inaugurating the first batch of personnel of the
state’s security outfit in August, Ortom had said “sophisticated weapons” would
be provided for them.
On his part, Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, in
September, said the state will procure arms for operatives of the Western
Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun.
Speaking on the development, Irabor said the licence for the
procurement of automatic weapons — such as AK-47 — lies with the agencies of
the federal government.
“Firearms fall into two major categories. You have the
automatic weapons and the ones that we may classify as non-automatic weapons,
which some of you may even have if you have the appropriate licences — talking
about the pump action which are the very common ones, and sometimes even the
dane guns some of the hunters use,” he said.
“What is involved in
the class mentioned has to do with automatic weapons. There’s no state that has
been given licence for that.
“So, you do not ask for what you do not have power to
acquire.”
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How many Fulani herdsman have you caught or warned that they should not be in possession of ak47.
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