HURIWA Charges FG To Allow Citizens Own Guns For Self-Defence

Worried that the federal government is lagging behind in adequately protecting the lives of citizens, which is the fundamental constitutional duty of government, HURIWA has called on the president and the National Assembly to make a national law to liberalise the processes of issuance of legal permission for law abiding adults of sound mental health to bear Ak-47/49 for the purposes of self defence. 


"It noted that "is self evident that successive federal administrations from that of the late Umaru Musa Yaradua up until the Bola Ahmed Tinubu incompetent administrations, there has been abysmal and institutional failures of the armed forces and police to prevent the extralegal executions of citizens which have assumed an industrial scale currently. Since this failures of the security infrastructures and it is clear that the president lacks the political will to take steps to protect Nigerians from freelance armed non-state actors unleashing devastating terrorism on an industrial scale on unarmed citizens, the most logical way to end these cocktails of insanity and incompetence, is to permit citizens to bear arms for self defence."

HURIWA stated that chapter 4. Section 33 which provides for Right To Life in the Nigerian Constitution, the Grund Norm states as follows: (1) Every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in Nigeria.
(2) A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his life in contravention of this section, if he dies as a result of the use, to such extent and in such circumstances as are permitted by law, of such force as is reasonably necessary –
(a) for the defence of any person from unlawful violence or for the defence of property:
(b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained; or
(c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny.

HURIWA, in a statement by Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, National Coordinator, of HURIWA , cited the Monday’s gunmen attack on Zike and Kimakpa communities in Plateau State’s Bassa Local Government Area by gunmen, which claimed a reported 51 lives, have sparked concerns due to both communities’ proximity to the 3 Division Headquarters of the Nigerian Army.

The attack came less than two weeks after armed men also struck multiple villages in the Bokkos area of the state, killing 52 people. The affected communities as observed are located within a five-kilometre range from the military base.

Residents of the affected communities voiced their frustrations over the lack of security response, wondering why the military personnel stationed nearby did not intervene to prevent the attacks or minimise the damage.

“The fact that the attacks occurred without immediate intervention from the nearby military base has raised questions about the effectiveness of security measures in the area. Given the close proximity of the communities to the military base, it would be expected that security forces could respond quickly to such incidents,” a resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Rights group said since the military and the security forces have failed to protect the lives of the citizens, the most logical solution is for the government to ease up the process of applying and obtaining gun license so citizens can now bear sophisticated weapons since terrorists, bandits and kidnappers carry these sophisticated weapons s freely. 




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