Delta North Senator, Ned Nwoko, has reiterated his call for the federal government to allow Nigerians to bear arms and defend themselves.
The lawmaker made the fresh call while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
Senator Nwoko explained that if Nigerians are allowed to bear arms, it will curb the challenges of insecurity in the country as the citizens would be able to defend themselves.
He argued that with the plethora of security challenges in the country, the masses resorting to self-defence wouldn’t be a bad idea.
Asked during the programme if carrying guns would solve the nation’s security problems, the lawmaker said: “Yes, it will.”
He also recalled how his Senior Legislative Aide was killed by gunmen who attacked his home in Abuja last year, with the man unable to defend himself.
Nwoko submitted that if the late SLA had a gun, such wouldn’t have happened.
“My SLA was killed in November last year and the wife said the estate was attacked by kidnappers. When they got to their door, they wanted to knock down the door, the wife and kids went to hide under the bed in one of the rooms.
“When he want to open the door, he was taken and nobody saw him again. As a matter of fact, those people who took him away have been arrested. If he had a gun or members of that estate had guns, you think the kidnappers would have the audacity to knock from house to house knowing that people are armed? That wouldn’t happen,” Nwoko said.
