The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has warned Nigerians in opposition to taking on arms beneath the guise of defending their votes, saying safety companies are justified in neutralising anybody who assaults others with harmful weapons….
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has warned Nigerians in opposition to taking on arms beneath the guise of defending their votes, saying safety companies are justified in neutralising anybody who assaults others with harmful weapons.
Keyamo gave the warning in a publish on his official X account, the place he accused some politicians of encouraging violence whereas making certain their very own youngsters are safely relocated overseas.
He alleged that some politicians, after ferrying their youngsters abroad, have been mobilising weak residents and thugs to take up weapons and kill each other beneath the pretext of defending electoral votes.
The minister stated regulation enforcement brokers have been justified in utilizing pressure in opposition to people who resorted to self-help and attacked others with harmful weapons.
He recalled a warning by former President Muhammadu Buhari forward of the 2019 normal elections, saying he supported the place then and continued to face by it.
Keyamo wrote: “When you resort to self-help and you take up dangerous weapons in the guise of ‘protecting your votes’ and you attack anybody, it is lawful and legitimate for law enforcement agents to ‘neutralise’ you or simply ‘put you down’ in the course of their duty.”
He accused political leaders of exposing abnormal residents to hazard whereas their households remained protected overseas.
“And the children of the politicians will be watching your foolishness from their safe haven somewhere in the world,” he added.
The minister concluded his message with a warning to these contemplating violence, saying they’d been forewarned and will select easy methods to conduct themselves.
