{"id":108783,"date":"2023-10-20T17:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108783"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:48:56","slug":"people-should-be-allowed-to-buy-ak-47-rpg-like-bandits-for-protection-katsina-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/people-should-be-allowed-to-buy-ak-47-rpg-like-bandits-for-protection-katsina-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"People Should Be Allowed To Buy AK-47, RPG Like Bandits For Protection \u2013 Katsina Gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1780291812135192993\" data-legacy-message-id=\"18b4ddf882dac9a1\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":ta\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":sy\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has said bandits freely buy weapons such as AK-47 and RPG in the market and that individuals should be allowed to do so to protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p>He said governors should not be blamed for the security challenges bedevilling their states, noting that they are called chief security officers without the authority to command the military forces, the police and other security agencies to deal with security issues in their states.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Radda, who asked the federal government to play a more critical role in the security of lives and property in the country, said his administration had legally established a \u2018community watch corps\u2019 to deal with banditry in conjunction with the military.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, at a media chat on Friday in Abuja, said bandits are hardened criminals who must be eliminated in Katsina, stressing that his administration would not leave any stone unturned in ensuring they were crushed.<\/p>\n<p>He said some traditional rulers in the state were under probe over their alleged \u201cromance\u201d with bandits, stressing that whoever found to be a sponsor or ally of bandits would not be spared no matter how highly placed.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWe governors are so-called chief security officers of our states but we don\u2019t have the authority to command the military, police or civil defence. They receive orders from above.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our efforts, we have come up with the intelligence unit within the Katsina Community Watch Corps. This intelligence unit, even the corps members don\u2019t know them. The reason for setting it up is to check the excesses of the Watch Corps and also to gather information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some traditional rulers who are identified and those ones are already under scrutiny. So, we are not sparing anybody even commissioners in my regime, we are not going to spare anybody found to be involved in one criminal activity or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about the lives of over 10 million people not one single individual. No single individual is more important than 10 million people or the lives of an innocent person in the village. We are trying as much as possible to gather a lot of information together with the intelligence we are getting from the DSS so that we can build a network that we can arrest and prosecute any person found wanting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a double-edged sword. We cannot fold our arms and say we will not protect ourselves because we don\u2019t have the sophisticated arms that these bandits have. We have the numbers, we have the zeal and the determination, and you should remember, if they are going for any outing, it is just like the way it was done in Borno through the Civilian JTF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be covered by the police and the military who are heavily armed. So, I think it is a concerted and joint effort. And I think gradually, we are working within what the law allows us to possess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are driving towards that and we are seeking reforms within the federal government in that regard. If a bandit can go to the market and buy AK-47, RPG, and all of those weapons, what of the people that want to protect themselves? They too should equally be allowed to do so. These people are holding it illegally, we are trying to hold it legally. Why can\u2019t the government allow the people to hold this thing and equally confront the challenges?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations with bandits is a no go area in my perspective but I said if I am at the point of advantage, if the bandits come out and say look, \u2018we are dropping arms, let us sit down and talk\u2019, we could reintegrate them back into the society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I will not go begging bandits to come for negotiations. Let us deal with the situation. If they are weak, let them come out, let us negotiate and we will reintegrate them back into society. 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