Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lucky Irabor on Monday faulted the directive by Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle to residents to bear arms in a bid to protect themselves against bandits.
Irabor said the call was not right because the Armed Forces and other security agencies were handling the challenges posed by criminal elements.
He also said Matawalle does not have the power to make such a pronouncement.
The CDS spoke with reporters at the opening of the Joint Exercise for the National Defence College and War Colleges of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, code-named “Exercise Grand Nationale,” in Abuja.
