The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ado Doguwa (APC-Kano) said on Thursday that it was time Nigerians were allowed to bear arms to defend themselves.
“With all sense of responsibility, I think Nigerians at this moment should be allowed to bear arms.
“Nigerians must be allowed to take arms in defense of their innocent souls and to defend their hard-earned resources and property.
“This is a report from one local Government out of the 774 local governments in the country.
“The case of Giwa is not just what happened last week; it has been engulfed in crisis, banditry, and killings in the past three years.
“Giwa is in Kaduna State where security agencies are most represented in the north, why should these things continue to happen?
“Government and officials of government have to rise to their responsibilities and call a spade, a spade; if it is funding, we all know we do not have any challenge funding the security agencies,’’ he said.
Moving the motion earlier, Rep. Balarabe said that the Brinin Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State had been ravaged by terrorists who killed, kidnapped, raped, robbed, and destroyed lives and property.