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Insecurity: Ohanaeze Kicks Against Self-defenceĀ 

by Nnamdi Mbawike
3 years ago
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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has kicked against the clamour for everyone to be allowed to acquire firearms in Self-defence against bandits and other criminal elements in the country.

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Prominent Nigerians including retired security chiefs have been

clamouring for firearms for self-defence to enable Nigerians defend themselves

against insecurity.

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But, in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP in Enugu, the national

publicity secretary of the organisation, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, said

allowing everyone to own firearms at this time in Nigeria’s history

will be a problem.

 

Ogbonnia noted that in a society where there is a wide gap between

expectations and fulfillment from government as well as frustrations,

poverty, unemployment, criminalities, among others, it will be a

problem to allow everyone to own firearms.

 

The Ohanaeze spokesman, however, suggested that there should be five

levels of security operations in Nigeria to tackle the high level of

insecurity in the country but insisted that there must be proper

screening of the levels.

 

While acknowledging the increasing level of criminal activities by

bandits and others as well as clamoir by prominent Nigerians for

citizens to acquire weapons to defend themselves, Ogbonnia maintained that ownership of firearms by the citizens would not be the best way to fight back.

 

He advised that communities should be encouraged to strengthen their

vigilantes and increase their membership, adding that they should be well equipped to be in a vantage position to defend their people.

 

ā€œIn a federal system of government, there must be four or five levels

of security operations. The communities should increase the membership of their vigilantes and equip them to defend and protect the people but there must be screening,ā€ he stated.

 

He suggested that the Federal, State, Local governments, among others should be allowed to participate in the five levels of security operations, restating that self-defence will be a problem at this period where there is restiveness, frustrations, among others.


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