A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declared as unconstitutional, the Special Task Force on Illegal Smuggling of Firearms that was set up by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
A concerned indigene of the state,Ahmadu Danjuma, had in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/697/2023, challenged the establishment of the outfit.
Bello, through his lawyer, A. M. Adoyi, had insisted that the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case which he described as incompetent.
But Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment on Tuesday, declared that regulation of firearms in the country was not within the powers of the governor, being an item on the Exclusive Legislative List.
The judge said the Department of State Services, the National Intelligence Agency, the Inspector General of Police and the National Security Adviser were the proper bodies to regulate firearms in the country.
Solomon Odeniyi
Credit: The Punch Newspaper
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