EDGY OPTIMIST By Obinna Chima “Arms proliferation is not good, but if you cannot take the arms from the hands of criminals, then why should you deny arms to those who are mature and whom you can even trust? So, a man who has worked in Federal Civil Service up to the level of a Chief is not trusted to be trained and armed? “Not to talk of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). The FRSC was established because of accidents and to rescue people. But today, the safety we are talking about is to be protected on the road from kidnappers and other criminals. So, why are we wasting time in training and equipping them (FRSC officials)? And then, if you are arming one vigilante, why can’t you arm the other?” The above quote from Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General ...