Self Defense: Northern Groups Back Masari, Urge Governor To Buy Guns For Katsina People

Major. groups in the North have endorsed the call by Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari to defense themselves against bandits, some of the groups who have backed the Masari are Northern socio-political organization, Arewa Consultative Forum and the Middle Belt Forum.

Recall that Masari had on Tuesday advised his people to arm and defend themselves against bandits. The governor said, “It is morally wrong for people to submit meekly to the bandits without any attempt to defend themselves. Security is everybody’s business.

“It is the people’s meek submission that emboldens the bandits to continue with their heinous activities with murderous frequency. We must free our minds of the notion that security is the sole responsibility of the government.”

But the ACF on Wednesday joined the Katsina governor to ask northerners to take up arms and defend themselves against the rampaging bandits in the region.

The forum’s National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, told Punch in a chat on Wednesday that the organisation was in full support of Masari’s order, adding that “Governor Masari has said the right thing”.

Explaining that Masari’s call mandating Katsina people to arm themselves against bandits terrorising communities in the state was in order, Yawe argued that it had been proven that bandits dreaded local hunters more than the regular forces.

The ACF spokesman said, “Not all weapons are banned. In the rural areas, some people are armed with bows and arrows. Even guns are allowed where police permit is issued. The arms are legal when such permits are issued.

“Do not also forget that local hunters in Adamawa gave Boko Haram hell. Boko Haram dreaded them more than the combined team of army and police.

“The locals know the terrain more than the army and police, who are assembled from all over the country in line with the Federal Government policy on recruitments into government agencies. No wonder they (local hunters) were recruited to join the fight against Boko Haram. Governor Masari has said the right thing.”

On its part, the Middle Belt Forum expressed the need for government to buy and equip the people with weapons to enable them to defend themselves against terrorists’ attacks.

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