President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Senate have been urged to desist from arming and equipping members of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, with guns, arms and ammunitions.

Wailing Wailers, a group saddled with advocacy, promotion and sustenance of Democracy in Nigeria, in a statement on Monday, by its Ag. National Publicity Secretary, Usman Abubakar called on the Federal Government and the Senate to halt the decision of the Government to give guns to the FRSC.

The statement read: “It came to our knowledge, that the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari made a decision to arm and equip the Federal Road Safety Corp members with guns, arms and ammunitions.

“All over the world, road safety men are equipped with traffic gadgets not guns. There are new technologies that the Government can invest in, that can help combat traffic violators and bring law and order to our roads and reduce fatality and other accidental impacts. Gadgets like spy cameras, streets cameras, street lights, speed limit regulators, breakers and others are what the Government should invest in to promote their efficiency.

“There are serious security threats such as Boko Haram and Fulani Terrorists killing and maiming people all over the country. The police and the Army needs these guns and all other ammunitions to fight these ugly scourges ravaging Nigeria.There are other unrest and security concerns in other parts of the country which calls for the attention of our security forces.

“Our security forces require more arms and ammunitions and are in dire need of combat equipment. The president cannot now imagine that using guns to regulate traffic is appropriate. We ask the Buhari’s Government to explain to us why it has become necessary to equip Road Safety Corps with guns and not provide adequate equipment for the Nigeria Police and the Army to combat crimes and terrorism?

“The Road Safety Corp members do not have the required training and disciplines to bear arms. It is already known, that without weapons, they unleash unimaginable terror on the people on our roads. Empowering them with guns without adequately informing Nigerian is suspicious, dangerous and suggest some sinister motives by the Government.

“The Federal Government should know that the lives of every Nigerian matter. We cannot empower more people who delight in terrorizing our people.

“The world has advanced beyond the archaic methods that the President Buhari has and is introducing into every system in Nigeria. Again, Nigeria is not a police state where it is a command and obey system. And that is not to say that we encourage the people to violate laws and Orders, traffic laws and regulations.

“President Buhari ought to be sincere in all his approach. We opine that Nigerians should reject this move because, it appears that he is empowering every available organ, agencies with guns In order for him to repress, suppress, oppress, intimidate and terrorize the Nigerian people.

“Every of Buhari’s moves is evident that he wants to cow the Nigerian people with the force. we remember all his attempts to gag the people from criticising his Government via the shutting down of social media.

“Recall that the dictator in North Korea started building his powers this way and people did not suspect on time until it became to late for them. “We should not look on while our greater good is being put in danger, and with fear and force. We will be conquered in our own supposedly democratic Nigeria in Africa.

“We call on the Senate, Stake holders and international community to join our call to reject the arming of the men of Road safety. We state categorically, that does not appear good, or to be for our good and it is not clear to us.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/dont-give-guns-to-frsc-group-tells-buhari-senate/

Any driver Bleep up dey will shot. My advice is get a trained military man to follow dem around

We no dey stop for Sars with Gun self

The road safety was created to save lives and not waste them ..no to guns

are these people in Nigeria? You're comparing Nigeria with other countries, in other countries don't motorists stop for road safety officers unlike here that they would rather knock you down and speed away.

Misplaced priority.

Chai dew to bad economy BUHARI want to reduce the population of the country, true FRSC

imagine a traffic officer with AK47. instead of using his hand to direct u to park, he is pointing Bazuka at u.

if only we can learn from from sensible nations.

All these moves na because of 2019.

Buhari will use any means possible including orchestrating the death of thousands of Nigerians to retain power in 2019.

There will be no free and fair elections, and the only people that can make that possible are the security agents, whether it's the army, peace corps, or even frsc (na dem go man d roads after all).

My advise to Nigerians is simple. Let this man continue until 2023, don't die for nothing. Those who died in the 2011 election violence that Buhari instigated are as dead as Methuselah, and no one remembers them. The idiot that masterminded their deaths still got the votes of the parents and relatives of those who had died due to his careless utterances.

-Lord

LordAdam:
All these moves na because of 2019.

Buhari will use any means possible including orchestrating the death of thousands of Nigerians to retain power in 2019.

There will be no free and fair elections, and the only people that can make that possible are the security agents, whether it's the army, peace corps, or even frsc (na dem go man d roads after all).

My advise to Nigerians is simple. Let this man continue until 2023, don't die for nothing. Those who died in the 2011 election violence that Buhari instigated are as dead as Methuselah, and no one remembers them. The idiot that masterminded their deaths still got the votes of the parents and relatives of those who had died due to his careless utterances.

-Lord

I don't know which drug you used but your dealer deserves a fat Christmas bonus from you for a job well done!

In advanced country, where there is a good database Security Agent don't chase motorists except for stolen cars. They have a good database system which carries identity of everybody living in the country. It has a unique identifier (e.g SSN), since all your details are linked to the database, your plate number alone can be used to get your Name, Address, SSN, and all other details needed to locate you. Advance gadget like Cameras can now be used to capture those who breaks traffic rules and regulations. I think this is more effective than using guns, Ak47, RPG, IEDs e.t.c. our leaders should receive senses.

Who are they using the gun on? God why did you punish us with these set of leaders? Upon all the prayers we say day and night, when will you answer us? I blame Soyinka

The world has advanced beyond the archaic methods that the President Buhari has and is introducing into every system in Nigeria. Again, Nigeria is not a police state where it is a command and obey system. And that is not to say that we encourage the people to violate laws and Orders, traffic laws and regulations.

Now this is funny!
E be like say ds people no know say Bubu don cast. He's friggin stuck in a time warp of the 'good old military days'. He wants to relive those memories and continue from where he stopped before IBB rudely cut him off.

He has failed to move with the times and only understands force. He doesn't believe a bloody civilian should have an opinion especially one contrary to his...for what na? When he has highest integrity index and knw what's best for u especially with his top-notch bigotry? That's the damned CHANGE!