Ordinarily, there should have been no rift between the Presidency and some governors over who should bear what arms in securing the polity.
That duty is essentially that of the Nigeria Police Force that, unfortunately, has failed to deliver over the years, not because of lack of will, but more because they have simply been overwhelmed by the increasing enormity and complexity of safeguarding life and property in the country.
A sincere leadership would rather push for concerted efforts at policing and work out a uniform guideline for all, against the common enemy. Under no circumstance should state security operators with lesser-grade arms be asked to confront bandits and terrorists with more sophisticated weapons. While Akeredolu publicly decried Federal Government’s refusal to grant Amotekun in Ondo State the right to bear AK-47 rifles, Ortom, a few days ago stated that he had requested an AK-47 rifles’ licence but had not received a response from the Federal Government after three months.
“That Katsina was able to arm its state security force with the display of AK-47 means we are pursuing a ‘one country, two systems’ solution to the national question. Denying Amotekun the right to bear arms exposes the Southwest to life-threatening marauders and organised crime,” he said. Importantly, there is no dismissing the fact that the criminal gangs that the backward political elite had for too long harboured as mere disgruntled bandits in need of amnesty had metamorphosed into a Frankenstein monster that is freely feasting on the lives of residents in Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara, Yobe and in fact, nationwide. Lest we forget, terrorists ransacked the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, during a Sunday mass in June, slaughtering over 40 worshippers in broad daylight.
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