FG's Shoot-On-sight Order Is Useless If Soldiers Do Not March Into Forests

AK-47: Shoot-on-sight order will only have meaning if soldiers march into forests, says CDHR<br><br><blockquote><b>The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) says the shoot-on-sight order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari will be meaningful if soldiers march into forests.</b><br><br>On Wednesday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said Buhari had directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47 rifles.<br><br>However, in a statement issued on Sunday by Osagie Obayuwana, its national president, CDHR noted that such orders will only have effect if forests are raided, as[<b>b] those who carry AK-47 rifles do not stay at bus-stops or in markets.</b>[/b]<br><br>To the CDHR, the shoot-on-sight order reported to have been made by Mr. President will only have meaning when the soldiers march into the forest, the statement reads. <br><br><br>This is especially so as those with AK47 rifles are not at bus-stops and shopping malls; they are in the bushes and forests. <br><br>Besides, Mr. President needs to be reminded that it is not only farmers who are at risk; travellers on most high ways in Nigeria are at the mercy of rifle wielders, who have made a sport out of pouncing on vehicles in-between cities and towns.<br><br>The group also called on the federal government to ensure that the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, is the last of such occurrences.<br><br>It also urged government at all levels to ensure that security modalities are in place in all schools. <br><br>We will, however, be more assured to see modalities being worked out between federal, state, and local governments to enhance development of infrastructural facilities in all schools, a principal part of which ought to be fencing and security facilities, with adequate day and night security personnel being a major component, the group added.</blockquote><br><a href="https://www.thecable.ng/ak-47-shoot-on-sight-order-will-only-have-meaning-if-soldiers-march-into-forests-says-cdhr">https://www.thecable.ng/ak-47-shoot-on-sight-order-will-only-have-meaning-if-soldiers-march-into-forests-says-cdhr</a>
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