Give Nigerians AK47s To Battle Insecurity – Darius Ishaku

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has come out to urge the Federal Government of Nigeria to allow all citizens own licensed guns.

The governor recently revealed this when 15 Local Government Chairmen in the state paid him a condolence visit, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the licensed guns will prove very useful when citizens need to secure themselves amid the degenerating security situation in Nigeria.

He added that we can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results as insecurity in the nation gets worse.

His words, “If one thing you do everyday is not working correctly then you should go find advise from somebody to tell you how you’ll do it differently to get it correct.”

“You can’t keep doing the same wrong thing over and over. And if we can’t be able to provide security for our citizens then allow all the citizens to buy AK47 (gun). If everybody is licensed with AK47 (gun), I swear… nobody will come to your house and if the person even come, it will now depend of who is faster between both of you.”

“But in a situation where we’re all guard with one particular security system that has been unable to work and we’re told to sit down and be counting the day our time we come; I don’t agree with it.”

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Darius Dickson Ishaku, FNIA, FNITP (born 30 July 1954) is a Nigerian architect, urban planner, university lecturer and politician. He is a member of the People’s Democratic Party and the Governor of Taraba State.

Ishaku was born on 30 July 1954 to Mr Ishaku Istifanus and Mrs Naomi at Lupwe in Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State. He is the fifth of ten children from his family.

Ishaku was previously the supervising minister for power, supervising minister for environment and the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs before he resigned to contest in the 2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election.

He won the initial gubernatorial election and was elected Governor of Taraba State after winning the subsequent re-run election. Darius won the 2015 election but was in a court battle with his opponent senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan who took him to court and after a series of cases Darius was declared the winner of the governorship election in the state early 2016.