The Senate has commenced a legislative work to enact a law that would legalise the activities of various hunter groups in Nigeria.

The bill, titled “The Nigerian Hunter’s Council of Nigeria Bill, 2020 (SB. 477), was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti).

The proposed legislation, which has passed second reading in the Senate would put to rest the notion that the groups lacked the constitutional powers to operate.

Olujimi told journalists on Tuesday that the law when enacted would also empower the hunters to provide community policing, maintain law and order and offer community service to Nigerians.

Olujimi told journalists on Tuesday that the law when enacted would also empower the hunters to provide community policing, maintain law and order and offer community service to Nigerians

Olujimi told journalists on Tuesday that the law when enacted would also empower the hunters to provide community policing, maintain law and order and offer community service to Nigerians.

agwom:


https://dailytrust.com/senate-moves-to-establish-council-for-hunters

Afmgick:
What a country

gaius01:
Arrrrrrrh



First, who is a hunter? How does searching for something like meat colorate with doing the above? Ok for instance me a hunter, with hunger looking for meat and you are saying I should police my area on what ground?

I just don't understand how those people think before agreeing to execute something.

Nigeria my country, a country where priority are traded for invade things.

NobleRace:


They're not just hunters. They're also usually on employment as night guards for most communities. They're also called Vigilantes.

I think they should have referred to the term Vigilantes instead of Hunters in this legislation.

This is good because, these vigilantes often run into problems with police whenever they shoot a fleeing criminal. The police usually charge for being unlawful possessors of firearms.

BRATISLAVA:


The Nigerian state is complex.

If they saw they shot a criminal, why are they not happy that the vigilante did their jobs for them? Always looking for a way to extort.

Perhaps most bandits would be eliminated if vigilante were allowed to act to save their homes and communities.

But don't be surprised the senators want to sponsor insurrection on grounds of an elaborate hunters council.

Nothing is straightforward with these people.

Olujimi told journalists on Tuesday that the law when enacted would also empower the hunters to provide community policing, maintain law and order and offer community service to Nigerians.