Delta North Senator Ned Nwoko has renewed his appeal for the federal government to permit Nigerians to bear arms for self-defense.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Senator Nwoko suggested that allowing citizens to carry arms would help address the country’s security challenges by enabling them to protect themselves.
He argued that, given the extensive security issues, citizens resorting to self-defense could be a reasonable approach.
Asked during the programme if carrying guns would solve the nation’s security problems, the lawmaker said: “Yes, it will.”
He also recalled how his Senior Legislative Aide was killed by gunmen who attacked his home in Abuja last year, with the man unable to defend himself.
Nwoko submitted that if the late SLA had a gun, such wouldn’t have happened.
“My SLA was killed in November last year and the wife said the estate was attacked by kidnappers. When they got to their door, they wanted to knock down the door, the wife and kids went to hide under the bed in one of the rooms.
“When he want to open the door, he was taken and nobody saw him again. As a matter of fact, those people who took him away have been arrested. If he had a gun or members of that estate had guns, you think the kidnappers would have the audacity to knock from house to house knowing that people are armed? That wouldn’t happen,” Nwoko said.