The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to security agents to shoot anyone bearing AK-47 rifles in the country,while calling on him to outrightly condemn criminal act.
Elumelu spoke on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television noted that the president should have directly given the order instead of relaying it via his media aide.
“The statement credited to the media aide to Mr President is a welcome development but I would have prefered that Mr President himself made that broadcast,” the lawmaker who represents Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency noted.
He explained that Buhari, in his broadcast, would have condemned criminal acts by some herders and believes that would have sent a strong message to those bent on perpetuating crime across the country.
“I would like him to outrightly condemn the activities of the herdsmen,” Elumelu added. “They are everywhere messing up all the communities, attacking people.”
