The panache of Nigerian governors to purchase private jets
has been allegedly used to smuggle arms into the country without adequate
inspection.
This was the bold revelation made by the Director General,
National Task force on Illegal Importation of Light Weapons and Small Arms,
Osita Okereke, on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily.
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He stated that “they (governors) take private jets abroad, purchase arms and
land in their state –no security man has right to search or search him because
it is a governor’s item. You cannot stop, you cannot search them.”
Mr Okereke gave this remark over the availability of arms in
Zamfara state which the state Governor plans to arm vigilante groups within the
state, to address its insecurity.
According to Mr Okereke, the revelation from Zamfara is just
the one we (the public) know.
There are many governors with so many arms in this country
that the numbers of arms they are having is ‘uncountable’.
“There are so many of them in various states. These
governors have brought in arms that are uncountable” he affirmed.
He further revealed that “we have marked so many states” but
however failed to mention any of such state, saying “it is a security matter.”
He traced the plethora of arms to Governors who according to
Mr Okereke, armed hoodlums with the guns.
“There are millions of arms in Nigeria” he said, adding that
they (Governors) are already arming ahead of 2015 general elections.
He appealed that the government should provide the task
force on Illegal Importation of Light Weapons and Small Arms, with Police, Army
and budgeted funds because “we have informants all over the place and we need
to pay them.”
Hmmn! This is serious. What do this people gain from all these killings. Like Jonathan said, they'll all burn in hell.God help that country.smh!
ReplyDeleteThe Beautiful ones are not yet born cos the ugly ones can't afford the luxury death .... Am not suprised at this news at all. V always known our leader are beasts,they campaign like a sheep n become the wolf they really are when they get elected. In true terms they are not leaders, they are tamers who only use the influence they have to get submission from helpless pple ...
ReplyDeleteHmmm! It is no longer news that we don't have leaders but greedy men who plan how to amass the wealth of the nation for themselves. People who stop at nothing to get what they want including an influx of arms into the nation. Lord have mercy!
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