Yesterday the 26^th of November 2012 in Auchi a Polytechnic town in the Northern Senatorial District of Edo State Nigeria, a gang of armed robbers invade the town at around 7 pm, robbed three banks and killed 12 people. They used bombs to blow up the bank buildings.

What happened at Auchi yesterday was a professional hit. First, you will agree with me that the whole robbery thing was way above the low level armed robbers operation we see in this clime. The boldness in execution, the destruction left behind and the targets points to one thing only, that the perpetrators were after cash, huge cash to further their evil ways. If it were to be during the military era one would have suggested that these were the handiwork of coup plotters. Who when planning evil and needs cash to execute such evil. But we are in a civil rule so this evil points to those with hiding agenda that is bad for our country.

 It is wrong for anybody or group no matter how well trained and armed they are to hold a whole town like Auchi to ransom. Imagine all those people running for safety and the armed bad boys thinking they are all powerful.  But if the people in Auchi had access to own and carry guns and to protect themselves what would have happened?. Let us imagine that in the whole of Auchi there are about 500,000 people with guns will these crooks get away with this evil?  

Let us no kid ourselves any longer gun ownership and legalization is the answer to Nigeria insecurity.

Some people will argue that Nigerians are not matured enough to own guns. Just like they said they were not rich enough to own mobile phones. But the reality today is that all the bad boys and girls in Nigeria owns a gun. They are the tugs, thieves and robbers that terrorise the law abiding majority.

I am proposing that all who are above 30 years old should be allowed to own guns. However, before license are granted anyone who applies should undergo a 90 days intensive training on how to handle guns, the implication of wrong use, police training etc.