Open letter to Gen. Chris Musa: Either PBAT and Yourself ought to Tender Letters of Resignation (for Violation of Section 14(2) of the Nigerian Constitution) or You Provide Nigerians with free paramilitary Lessons Because the Cost of Karate Classes (₦200,000) in Abuja is More than the Minimum Wage
By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja
Your Excellency, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, Sirs,
By way of re-introduction, my name is Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja. I write in my capacity as the Executive Secretary of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners-ALDRAP. Our Association-ALDRAP is a professional Association of over 1,000 Legislative lawyers.
Our Association-ALDRAP’s primary objective is to ensure compliance with the legislation of Nigeria by officials and institutions of the Nigerian government. As you already know, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, is the supreme legislation of Nigeria.
Section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended), states that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of the government”.
Therefore, by this letter, we respectfully write to request that both yourselves tender letters of resignation, having failed in your responsibility to secure the lives and property of the majority of Nigerians. This call for resignation is based on your recent public statement wherein you stated that Nigerians should resort to learning self-defence skills to protect themselves in view of the current high level of insecurity within Nigeria.
Unwittingly, your statement is in itself an admission that you have failed in your joint responsibility. Your statement is published online at https://www.intelregion.com/news/general-musa-asks-nigerians-to-learn-karate-others-for-self-defence
Coincidentally, in February 2025, the Director-General of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) made a similar statement as your good self. His statement is published online at: https://dailytrust.com/we-must-get-communities-to-defend-themselves-dss-dg/
As an alternative, perhaps your good self and your team ought to provide free training in para-military and self-defence skills. This is because the last time I checked online, karate classes cost ₦200,000, which is almost thrice the current minimum wage of ₦70,000.
In the final analysis, your statement is an admission to the fact that the government is failing in it’s responsibility to provide security of lives and property as stipulated under Section 14 (2) of the Nigerian Constitution.
Perhaps it is high time to consider the use of private military mercenaries. This is better than asking untrained civilian Nigerian citizens to take up martial arts skills or even arms to defend themselves against DRUG-INDUCED AND BETTER ARMED BANDITS AND TERRORISTS!
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, 23rd August 2025.
Source: Law & Society Magazine.
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