Three days ago, a man was murdered in his own home. Bayo Ohu was a political correspondent with The Guardian. He was killed by three men who walked into his house in broad daylight and shot him to death. The men then walked quite calmly away.

Then, in a 'swift' reaction, the police PRO, Frank Mba, has changed his story from 'suspected murder' to 'alleged armed robbery' because Ohu's laptop was taken, and the car in which the murderers came has been recovered. Cue the case being left to die away quietly.

The security situation in Naija has always been bad, no questions about that, but it sadly appears to be getting worse. Regularly, one reads in the news of acts of violence that are getting worse in terms of frequency and sheer wickedness. The police appear helpless.

Or are they really?

The question still remains unanswered: You take a man, he has a wife (maybe two), and children. You give him N8500 a month, ask him to buy his shoes from that amount. You ask him to buy his torch, bulb and batteries from that amount. From that amount he is also expected to cater for his aforementioned family. Then you give him a gun! What do you want him to do? What should we do? We need guns.

Agam acho ka enyem ofu Tank