The Federal Government says state governors are not allowed under the law to purchase or arm anyone or group with automatic weapons.
This is coming as it denied granting the government of Katsina State the right to arm its local vigilante group with AK47 or any other sophisticated weapons.There had been threats by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom to arm their state security outfits with AK47 after alleged approval given Katsina State by the federal authorities to acquire such guns for its vigilante group
But, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, while clarifying the issue in Abuja, made it known that no state or state governor in Nigeria has any authority to acquire weapons of the caliber they were pleading for.