Inside Nigeria’s unregulated taser market where legal loopholes allow unchecked sale, use
“Since a taser is not explicitly mentioned under these laws, it cannot be said to be illegal and one cannot be held for its possession under our criminal justice system until the law specifically prohibits the sale, possession and/or use of it.
Tasers help for self-defence because one can use it against street urchins or touts, but I’ve not used it against anyone,” he said.
Although the sale of a taser is not illegal in Nigeria, as the West African nation also grants residents a right to self-defence in the case of danger, as seen in Section 33(2) of the 1999 Constitution, the lack of regulation and its open sale have made it a weapon of choice for committing crime and inflicting injuries.
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