Nigeria: Mass Gun Ownership Not Solution to Violent Crimes

7 September 2008
opinion

These are perilous times in Nigeria. The mounting wave of violent crimes in the country has prompted an atmosphere of fear, insecurity, uncertainty and total bewilderment.

In every nook and cranny of the polity today, the nefarious activities of armed criminals have posed a dangerous threat to hapless Nigerians and impinged on the ability of the Nigerian state to maintain law and order.

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