By Political Animal
It is very unfortunate that we have entrusted the lives of over 200million Nigerians (our own brothers and sisters) into the hands of the most thoughtless among us.
How can an honourable Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria tell Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits even without arms.
Because according to him , during his days ,they used to fight people who come to attack them in the community.They will resist the attackers with bare hands to prove a point.
This is pure listlessness of rulership,a clear difference between leadership and rulership.
The present destruction caused by individuals and sects all over the nation, brandishing their violence with impunity cannot even be compared to the ruin and the “normalisation” of listlessness in our rulership.
This will continue to create a state of chaos . Unfortunately,it is difficult to hold them accountable even when they are out of office.
In sane societies,the Minister of Defence should have been fired along with the National Security Adviser (NSA).How can a Minister of Defence make such embarrassing statement?It clearly shows that he can never find solution to the problem of insecurity.
If the Defence Minister is prescribing self defence,it means that his ministry should provide Nigerians with the enabling tools or formally permit them to privately source for arms and ammunition,so that there shall be no more “coward” in this beleaguered and bewildered nation.
No wonder they have been very silent on recent kidnappings and bomb explosions recently.
He, indirectly is saying that Nigerians should go and arm themselves,buy their guns ,if they have the money because that is the last thing the government will do for its citizens.We shall soon convince him that Nigerians are not cowards.
Is the Minister telling Nigerians that the government has empowered the bandits through ransome payments,so Nigerians should defend themselves if they can?
Sometime ago ,a Governor suggested giving AK-47 to herdsmen, who knows whether he has already done so.Which means that we are on our own.
Who even knows whether the Minister of Defence has ever seen the kind of weapon that these bandits carry on their shoulders?
How would Nigerians not act like cowards when facing these bandits?
If he doesn’t know what to tell the Press Corp when ambushed based on the state of insecurity in the nation,he should have used the no comment option.
Where on earth do bandits wield RPG launchers if not in Nigeria? It is even more annoying the most for the Minister to say that the bandits go arround with like three rounds.How did he get the information,how did he know that.This can only happen in a totally failed nation.
No bandit will attack with 3 bullets.
Let us assume that AK-47 with a single magazine has 30 rounds/bullets and you have a 10 man bandit team, multiply 30 bullets by 10 man bandit team gives you 300 bullets.
We are talking about one magazine per man,but videos on social media show them with extra magazines.
Well the Defence Minister has succinctly told Nigerians what to do when oppressed by even soldiers who brandish their guns on the streets including the police.
Nigerians should not be cowards Nigerians should boldly defend themselves with weapons against the military oppression and against police brutality.
Arming terrorrists and calling the citizens cowards after collecting their own firearms,
is like tying your hand to your back and pushing you into the ring to box with a boxing legend.
In conclusion,since I have four junior brothers and two sons ,I am going to formally apply to the Defence Minister for 6 AK-47 riffles for my immediate family members and one pistol for myself.
They all need it now instead of being cowards because we don’t have cowards in my family!
THOUGHTLESS Nonsense.
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