Ndudi Elumelu, minority leader of the house of representatives, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally issue the directive to shoot persons bearing arms illegally.
The house of representatives member from Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency in Delta, said this when he featured on ‘Politics Today’ on Channels Television on Thursday.
It would be recalled that a media aide to President Buhari, Garba Shehu, announced on Wednesday that the president had directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47 rifles.
Elumelu said although the order was a welcome development, it was better given directly by the president.
He said the president should also personally condemn the activities of armed herders, whom he accused of attacking communities around the country.
“I would like him to outrightly condemn the activities of the herdsmen. They are everywhere, messing up all the communities, attacking people, because there are some people that are very fanatical and they will want to hear him speak.
“Yes, Shehu, his media aide, making that statement is not the same thing as Mr President making that statement.
“I would like to see Mr President making that statement himself and also making that directive that anybody seen with any form of arms, not even AK-47 alone (should be shot).”
