Some Senior Advocates have described the call by Governor Bello Masari, Katsina State for private citizens to bear arms in order to fight bandits, as evidence of the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Senior lawyers, including Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN and Ifedayo Adedipe in separate interviews, said the call was an admission of failure, adding that both Buhari and Masari should resign.
Speaking at a press conference in Katsina, Masari said it was surprising that bandits owned guns and good people didn’t have any. He added that Islam encourages people to defend themselves.
But human rights activist Adegboruwa, SAN said the statement from the Governor was an indirect call on Buhari to resign, adding that the fact that the charge came from the Governor of Buhari’s home state indicated that the All Progressives Congress-led government had failed Nigerians.
Another senior advocate Robert Clarke said the security challenges being experienced was as a result of poverty ravaging the states. He however called on Governors to look for means to eradicate poverty in their states in order to combat insecurity.
But Mike Ozekhome, SAN stated that Governor Masari was only being realistic, and also wondered how just 3,000 policemen would be able to secure a state like Katsina State.
