Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspec­tor General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to allow ordinary Nigerians to bear fire arms in order to protect themselves.

Speaking exclusively with Daily Independent in Lagos, Sagay, who said the Federal Government was overwhelmed by various security challenges bedevil­ing the nation, such as Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, herdsmen at­tacks and others, added that Nigerians should be allowed to defend themselves when attacked.

According to him, unprovoked attacks especially on villages by bandits will drastically reduce in the country if the communities are allowed to arm themselves with weap­ons to defend themselves.

Comparing present day Nigeria to his youthful days, Sagay said the level of inse­curity today is unprecedent­ed, adding that the nation witnesses unprecedented amount of bloodshed, destruction of properties and displacement of people from their native homes and places of business.

“The country has become so dangerous. All sorts of things are happening nowa­days. You have kidnappers, bandits, Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram. The reality is that there is nowhere that is safe in the country. Traveling by road today is a very risky endeavour that one will hard­ly try. So, there is total insecu­rity in the country.

“I don’t know what has gone wrong, why our people have become so violent and savage. Individuals no lon­ger feel safe outside his own house. I am not even sure that one is absolutely safe in his own house.

“What I will like to suggest to the government is that they should allow ordinary Nigeri­ans to carry arms. Everybody who wants to carry arms as a form of self-defence should be allowed to do so. This is necessary so that when these bandits and miscreants attack them, they will know that the person they attacked has the capacity to defend himself.

“All these restrictions on owning weapons should be lifted. Let the generality of the public be allowed to own weapons, especially in all those villages where they are being massacred. Their men should be given weapons so that when the attackers come, they will also be given a chal­lenge which may discourage them in future".

“We have had causes where bandits attacked villages but the people are powerless to de­fend themselves. By the time the security agents come in, the attackers had left. They will look for a quiet time and launch another attack. That will stop if the people have the capacity to defend them­selves.”

While absolving President Muhammadu Buhari of blame, Sagay said any other government would have been overwhelmed as nobody could have envisaged the torrents of attacks happening in all parts of the country.

“Let me say this, there is a tendency to blame the president, but it is not the president’s fault. I am not a sociologist but the way I see it, it is society developing in the wrong direction. It has nothing to do with the gov­ernment.

“Of course, it could have something to do with the level of poverty, unemployment and so on. But you can see that it is everywhere, both in urban and rural areas. Are Zamfara, Taraba, Yobe not rural areas? We can say that the urban youths are unemployed, what is the excuse of the youths in the rural areas? So, it is as if there is some sort of virus that has simply developed".

“Truly, the government is overwhelmed because no government will envisage an attack like these from every direction. It’s as if all the mis­creants from different genres and denominations have held a conference where they agreed that they should tor­ture and torment the country at the same time.

“So, it’s difficult and it is not the fault of the government. It is the time that we are in. Any other government would have been in a dilemma over this matter. It’s so overwhelming! We don’t have enough security forces to cope with all these”, he said.

chriskosherbal:
Hmmmn let me wait for elders to come and say something.


But wait ooo there is truth in what this man is saying oooo, just that we are not ripe enough for this.


Before person go wake up begin see dead body for front of door or you go begin dodge dead body 4 street dey go office.

Comparing present day Nigeria to his youthful days, Sagay said the level of inse­curity today is unprecedent­ed, adding that the nation witnesses unprecedented amount of bloodshed, destruction of properties & displacement of people from their native homes and places of business.

Ratedgang:
Prof you never start to dey holla.They’re all coming at your door step These are the monsters you people supported.

dynicks:
Nigerians that over react at any slight provocation......aswear the country go scatter!!...


From ..you bashed my car!! Do you know who I am!?...Tah Tah!! Person don kill person....

Guy how dare you!...u went behind my back and snitched on me!..ND not just that, u had the nerve to bed my girl!?...Tah Tah! Person don kill person..

Guy bashes into his house and finds his wife in bed with another guy....Tah Tah!! Person don kill person....

At the ATM...Guy I was here before you; u dey mad!?...I didn't see anyone here when I came...na me u dey;...u dey craze ni...Tah Tah! Person don kill person...

Thief thief!! Catch that guy!...he stole 5 cubes of maggi and one tin tomato...Tah Tah!! Person don kill person....

NaijaFutbol:
NIgeria has not been this safe before. Thanks to the "good" job of Buhari and his Miyetti partners in peace

hisexcellency34:
Doesn't work that way..even those who have licences, dont they misuse it? Like Seun Kuti pulling out a gun because someone blocked his gate

dynicks:
bros naija no be Yankee remember!our level of resistance here is way below par especially when it comes to most persons that often wanna show swag and on what level they run on....our blood too dey hot!!....we like to over do things......imagine the case of BURNA boy and davido few hours ago.....guy pride too much for this angle of the world abeg

hisexcellency34:
Agreed but shouldn't people defend themselves from attacks like Benue people from Fulani herdsmen

dynicks:
I fully agree with you sir but .....

Comparing present day Nigeria to his youthful days, Sagay said the level of inse­curity today is unprecedent­ed, adding that the nation witnesses unprecedented amount of bloodshed, destruction of properties & displacement of people from their native homes and places of business.

Racoon:

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Soissons:
I hate this lousy ugly Sagay bastard

He's speaking out now maybe cos the Fula bandits are camped in the forests around his village, otherwise his main preoccupation is usually the laundering of APC's image

ChiefJusticeFuc:
The only qtime this idiot has made sense.

Maybe someone close to him has been kidnapped or killed by Buhari's fulani militia that now occupy every forest in the SW, Edo and parts of Delta .

Racoon:

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hisexcellency34:
Show some respect for the old nigger pls