{"id":113375,"date":"2021-11-28T21:33:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T20:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=113375"},"modified":"2021-11-28T22:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T21:03:02","slug":"insecurity-license-nigerians-to-hold-guns-for-self-defence-apc-chieftain-tells-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/28\/insecurity-license-nigerians-to-hold-guns-for-self-defence-apc-chieftain-tells-igp\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: License Nigerians to hold guns for self-defence, APC chieftain tells IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ben Adaji has called on the inspector-general of police (IGP) to approve licences to responsible Nigerians to bear arms for self defence.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chieftain while speaking to<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> journalists in Jalingo on Sunday said the situation in the county is worrisome and innocent Nigerians are living in perpetual fear of attack from bandits and kidnappers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said due to the country\u2019s population, it is almost impossible for security agents to offer protection to all Nigerians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adaji also stated that some non-combatant tactics <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">are essential to curb the rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/26\/buhari-deserves-credit-for-tackling-insecurity-says-garba-shehu\/\">security<\/a> threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou will agree with me that because of the large population of Nigeria, it is not possible for security agencies to be in every home to provide security for Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cTherefore, it has become imperative for certain categories of Nigerians to be licensed to bear arms for self-protection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adaji also advised the military to take advantage of the recent court order which proscribed bandits declaring them as terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A federal high court in Abuja had, on Thursday, declared the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta\u2019adda bandit groups as acts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/27\/satanic-billionaires-sponsoring-covid-19-terrorism-pastor-enenche\/\">terrorism<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The judgment followed the motion ex-parte filed by Mohammed Abubakar, director of public prosecution (DPP) at the federal ministry of justice, who said President Muhammadu Buhari approved his action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ruling by Taiwo Taiwo, the judge, specifically proscribed the activities of the \u201cYan Bindiga group\u201d and the \u201cYan Ta\u2019adda group\u201d and other similar groups in any part of the country, especially in the north-west and the north-central as \u201cacts of terrorism and illegality\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ben Adaji has called on the inspector-general of police (IGP) to approve licences to responsible Nigerians to bear arms for self defence. 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