With the legal backing recently extended to the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun Operation by the House of Assembly in Southwest states, the initiative might have finally come to stay, writes James Sowole
Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation , was kidnapped on his farm located at Ilado in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State, in September 2015 and kept in kidnappers den for six days before his release after the payment of ransom. The need to ensure effectiveness of the efforts underscored the reason to make the effort a regional approach and which gave birth to a regional outfit known as Amotekun.
The declaration initially scared some governors, who nearly succumbed to the silence of their godfathers until they were feared up by the resilience of their counterparts particularly, the Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and his counterpart in Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of the Southwest Governors Forum.
However, events that led to the making of the law showed that the whole thing is one. In actual fact, the law was drafted by three states’ Attorneys General and deliberated upon and presented to their respective state governors, who later passed the same to their respective House of Assembly. Delivering a lecture to commemorate the Third Anniversary of Governor Oluwatotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, a Human Rights Lawyer and activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, said Amotekun would operate as a regional outfit whether anybody likes it or not.
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AMOTEKUN won't do ZILCH. Nigeria shall be back to another CIRCUS, few years from now, when Amotekun, Shege Ka Fasa, et al, morph into militia groups, with struggles for ownership control, funding, et al, rocking them. BEST WAY OUT OF NIGERIA'S SECURITY CHALLENGES REMAIN👇👇👇