Ned Nwoko, the Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly says he is canvassing for a situation whereby Nigerians are allowed to bear arms.
Nwoko, revealed this when speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, and noted that his stand was due to the myriads of security challenges in the country, and that the masses resorting to self-defence wouldn’t be a bad idea.
When asked if carrying guns would solve the nation’s security problems, the lawmaker said: “Yes, it will.”
He also remembered how he lost his Senior Legislative Aide when gunmen attacked his home in Abuja.
Senator Nwoko said; “My SLA was killed in November last year and the wife said the estate was attacked by kidnappers. When they got to their door, they wanted to knock down the door, the wife and kids went to hide under the bed in one of the rooms.
“When he want to open the door, he was taken and nobody saw him again. As a matter of fact, those people who took him away have been arrested. If he had a gun or members of that estate had guns, you think the kidnappers would have the audacity to knock from house to house knowing that people are armed? That wouldn’t happen”.