One of the major ways of
celebrities all over the world showing relevance is by putting on the faces of
their fans their day to day activities.
Nigerian stars are also not left
behind in these and it is well accepted, it is also a way of bringing food to
some tables and cure for unemployment that has eaten up our graduates but it
becomes an offence when they show to our faces things that are considered
morally wrong which Jude Okoye, manager and brother to the Nigerian music stars
Paul &Peter Okoye, popularly known as PSQUARE did by posting on his
instagram ammunitions, is this a way of showing affluence? Where has our morals
gone.
First it was Tonto Dike,
Nollywood actress and singer who posted Indian hemp on her instagram sometimes
in year 2013, she was put to order by the Nigerian Drugs Law Enforcement
Agency.
We shall be discussing the
provision of the Nigeria Firearms Act (1990) , this law regulate the sale, use,
transfer, repair of firearms in Nigeria .
The general rule by virtue of
Licensing Firearms Act is that right to
possess firearms in Nigeria is not guaranteed by law. Section 3 of the firearms
states that no person shall have in his possession or under his control any
firearm of one category hereto except in accordance with a license granted by
the president acting in his discretion.
Notwithstanding the provision of
section 3 of the firearms Act, the following person shall not be granted
license permit if:
(a) Any
person under the age of 17 years
(b) A
person of unsound mind
(c) An
person on account of defective eye sight is not fit to be in possession of
firearms
(d) A
person of intemperate habits
(e) A
person convicted of an offence involving violence of the threat of violence
during the last five years.
No person shall by way of trade
or business buy, sell, transfer any firearm unless he is registered as firearms
dealer.
Where a license to use gun is
granted to anybody, a license shall unless forfeited remain in operation until
31st of December of the year in which it was granted. What this
provision of the firearms is simply saying is that license to use gun is
renewable every year.
Anybody who contravenes the
provision of this act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine,
or imprisonment for 6 months or both.
In case of theft, loss or destruction
of firearm, the owner shall notify such loss, theft or destructuction and
circumstance thereof within 14 days of being aware to the authority that issue
the license or permit and shall at the same time surrender the license or
permit for such action as such authority may consider necessary.
In case of death of a person
lawfully granted license, the gun does not form part the estate to be share d,
it is the duty of members of his family who have knowledge of the gun to report
to the relevant authority with 14 days of his death.
The following firearms are
prohibited under the firearms.
(a) Artillery
(b) Apparatus for the discharge of any explosion
of gas-diffusing projectile
(c) Rocket weapon
(d) Bomb
grenades
(e) Machine guns/ pistol
(f) Military riffles.
We assist in getting license for
lawfully issued/registered ammunition.
Thank you.
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