Abuja – Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist Chief Mike Ozekhome has stated that President Muhammed Buhari executive order on withdrawal of licences guns of Nigerians is aimed at curtailing the self determination aspiration of IPOB even as he noted that it exposes innocent Nigerians to the murderous activities of herdsmen, kidnappers and BokoHaram terrorists.

Chief Mike Ozekhomeh (SAN) discussing with a colleague as the Presidential Appeal Panel resumed sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 22/05/2019 In a statement titled ‘President Muhamnadu Buhari’s Executive Order Withdrawing Gun Licences: The Legal and Social Consequences’, the senior advocate of Nigeria said, “Ordinarily, one would have readily applauded President Muhammadu for signing an Executive Order banning possession of guns, having regard to the unbridled proliferation and possession of small and medium scale politically motivated and banditorily-induced arms currently in circulation.