{"id":199359,"date":"2022-06-27T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=199359"},"modified":"2022-06-27T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:51:37","slug":"insecurity-military-reacts-to-matawalles-directive-to-nigerians-to-bear-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/27\/insecurity-military-reacts-to-matawalles-directive-to-nigerians-to-bear-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Military reacts to Matawalle&#8217;s directive to Nigerians to bear arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has decried the call by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State asking residents of the state to take up arms and protect themselves amid perennial insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Irabor said the armed forces and other security agencies were in place to tackle security challenges, adding that the call by the governor was wrong.  <\/p>\n<p>Addressing newsmen on the matter at the opening of the Joint Exercise for the National Defence College and War Colleges of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, code-named \u201cExercise Grand Nationale,\u201d in Abuja, Irabor said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/18\/pvc-gov-matawalle-declares-one-week-public-holiday\/\">Matawalle<\/a> does not have the power to order the Commissioner of Police to issue licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Irabor said he was yet to understand the basis for asking the citizens of Zamfara to bear arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that, in my view, it is not the right way to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, there are actions that members of the security agencies and the armed forces, in particular, the police and other security agencies, are doing to address insecurity in Zamfara and environs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond that, of course, there are other legal issues, other issues of governance, issues that the government could have addressed using the instrumentality of the law that are available for him to bring greater peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut like I said, I do not intend to say much about it, but I believe that the Federal Government, using the Attorney General, will look at the details of that press release and give further instruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf what I read is true, I do not also think that the governor has the power to instruct the commissioner of police to issue licenses, because the commissioner of police does not have the powers to issue licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irabor said the armed forces was only an instrument of policy implementation, adding that it did not take instructions from state governments.<\/p>\n<p>He said the constitution gave rights and powers only to the Commander-in-Chief for the use of the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that what we are doing in Zamfara and of course, across the states of the federation, is in deference to the provisions of the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we are there because we are there to give support to the civil authority, in this case, the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not need to restate what the issues are that have led to the deployment of military across the country but then, like I said, we are doing the very best to ensure that peace returns to every part of the country,\u201d he sai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. 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