Tag: States security outfits

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lucky Irabor, says no State has the power to procure automatic weapons for its security outfits. He said this yesterday, in an interview with newsmen after the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja. Recall that while inaugurating the first batch of personnel of Benue State’s security outfit in August, the governor, Samuel Ortom, had said “sophisticated weapons” would be provided for them. On his part, Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, in September, said the state will procure arms…