The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Operation Amotekun illegal. Last week, the six South-Western States launched a paramilitary network to serve in the region as a result of increased insecurity.
However in a statement issued by the Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, he reiterated that security is an exclusive responsibility of the Federal Government and not Governors according to the constitution.Stakeholders in the South-West have responded to the position of the Federal Government; the most prominent as at the time of filing this report is Prof. Banji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba World Congress. He said Yoruba people will challenge the declaration of Amotekun as illegal by the Federal Government in court.
Also, Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political organisation, said the federal government has no right to declare Amotekun, a south-west security outfit, as illegal.“Civilian organisations in Kano and other places in the north, they are not illegal, how are they now illegal in the south? For me I am not surprised, any dictatorial tendency from the federal government is welcomed because I have predicted it so they are only confirming all that I have said about Buhari’s dictatorial tendency.
“The judiciary is established to adjudicate between persons and between governments. I have said it before that this is not a government of the people, it is the military government of the north by Buhari. It is a dictatorship per se.”
