Insecurity in Nigeria and the Right to Bear Arms by Nigerian Citizens
| dc.contributor.author | OGECHUKWU MIRIAM AKINSULORE | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-26T11:40:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-26T11:40:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract The spate ofviolence and criminality in Nigeria recently has ledto loss oflives of many Nigerians and the apparent inability of the Nigerian government to guarantee the safety oflives and property of its citizens informs the inquiry of this paper on the right of the Nigerian to bear arms so as to guarantee personal safety. In its analysis of the Nigerian Constitution, the Nigerian Firearms Act, case laws and jurisprudential discourse on the right to bear arms from other jurisdiction, itfinds that the right to defend one's life and propertyfrom unlawful violence is a constitutionally guaranteed right in Nigeria. It concludes that extant local laws and their regulations enacted to curtail this right are a breach of the Nigerian Constitution and that the failure of the Nigeria state to safeguard the lives and properties of its citizens activates ihe constitutional provision providingfor the defence of one's life. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0795-8714 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4793 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY LAW JOURNAL | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 3; 1 | |
| dc.title | Insecurity in Nigeria and the Right to Bear Arms by Nigerian Citizens | |
| dc.type | Article |