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Akerodolu Not Bothered If Amotekun Costs Him Second Term

January 21, 2020 9:59 am

 

The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that he is not disturbed over whether ‘Operation Amotekun’ may affect his chances of getting a second term in office.

 

Akeredolu, who is Chairman of South West Governors Forum, said he was only on the path of national cohesion with the collaborative internal security by the formation of Amotekun and not for any political ambition.

 

In a statement by his spokesman, Donald Ojogo, the Ondo State governor said that he will not be discouraged by the de-marketing of the regional security outfit aimed at addressing the daunting security …

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Atiku States Position On Amotekun Declared Illegal By Govt

January 19, 2020 5:36 pm
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has declared support for Amotekun.

The security outfit recently launched by the Southwest governors has been declared illegal by the Buhari government.

Atiku noted that the support was based on the fact that the “centrally controlled police architecture cannot exclusively” deal with security challenges confronting Nigeria.

Atiku, in a statement on Sunday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, stressed the need for the creation of additional policing structures in the country to address the rapidly growing challenges of insecurity and crime.

The statement reads: “As enshrined in the Nigerian constitution, the primary responsibility of government,

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Amotekun, Ploy By Yoruba Leaders To Create Oduduwa Republic

January 19, 2020 6:28 am
A former governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said that the main reason the leaders and governors of the Southwest region set up the new security outfit, Operation Amotekun was to create Oduduwa Republic.

NAN reported that Governors in the South West region had established and inaugurated the security outfit to curb the menace of herdsmen attacks in their region.

But Musa, in an interview with the Sun, warned that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government must not allow the operation of such security network, adding that it falls out of the established laws of the country.

He

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Yoruba To Hold Protest In Support Of Amotekun

January 18, 2020 10:40 am
Yoruba World Congress (YWC), an umbrella body of all Yoruba socio-cultural groups, has threatened to hold a peaceful protest in support of the recently launched Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Amotekun.

NAN gathered the launch of the new security outfit has attracted several attentions from many prominent Nigerians, groups and bodies.

While some have seen the outfit as a good development, others have seen it as an aberration to the existing constitution and security agencies.

The federal government has also declared the outfit as illegal.

YWC in a response to the launch, said it has concluded plans to organise a

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Amotekun: Bode George Issues Strong Warning

January 17, 2020 2:22 pm
Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has supported the establishment of Operation Amotekun by Southwest governors.

Recall that governors from Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Lagos States had last week Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital launched the security outfit.

The governors had said Amotekun was set up to curb security challenges in the Southwest.

But, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, said that Operation Amotekun outfit was illegal.

Reacting in a statement titled the ‘Hues and Cries about Amotekun.’ Bode George

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Fani-Kayode Reveals What Amotekun Has Proven In Nigeria

January 17, 2020 10:17 am
Former Aviation Minister,Femi Fani-Kayode, says the Southwest security outfit, Amotekun, has proven that the children of ‘Oduduwa are one’.

According to him, the children of Oduduwa are united in their resolve to protect and defend her people.

He said this in a tweet on his official Twitter page on Friday.

“One thing that Amotekun has proved is that the children of Oduduwa are ONE,” Fani-Kayode wrote on Twitter.

“We are UNITED in our resolve to protect & defend our people.

“We put party politics aside & made it clear to the murderous barbarians & psychopaths in our midst that

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Nnamdi Kanu To support Amotekun With 1million IPOB Men

January 16, 2020 6:33 am
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, commended Southwest governors for setting up Amotekun security outfit.

Kanu assured that members IPOB were ready to support Operation Amotekun with all their might.

In a statement by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, Kanu said he was ready to support the Southwest security outfit with one million men.

 

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According to Kanu: “The final and definitive stance of the Biafran people is that IPOB will support Operation Amotekun with all our might.

“Regardless of the history of politics

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Amotekun: Akeredolu Reacts As Govt Declares Outfit ‘Illegal

January 15, 2020 2:18 pm
Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has reacted to the statement by the federal government describing south-west security outfit ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.

In a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu, the government said the establishment of Amotekun is not backed by any known law in the land.

“The setting up of the paramilitary organization called “Amotekun” is illegal and runs contrary to the provisions of the Nigerian law.

Read Also: ‘Hisbah Is Okay, But IPOB Are Terrorists?’ – FFK

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Amotekun: Explain Why Hisbah Police In North Is Legal

January 15, 2020 7:34 am
The Southern and Middle Belt leaders Forum, SMBLF, has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to declare Southwest security outfit, Amotekun illegal.

SMBLF said the Federal Government should explain why Amotekun security outfit is considered illegal while Hisbah in the North was legal.

Recall that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Tuesday declared the Southwest security outfit code named Amotekun illegal.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu, Malami had said the establishment of Amotekun was not backed by any known law in the

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Amotekun: We Won’t Allow You Turn Yorubaland Into War Zone

January 15, 2020 7:26 am

Following the declaration of ‘Operation Amotekun’, the South West newly inaugurated security outfit as illegal by the federal government, a Yoruba youth group has described the move as an attempt to subject the Yoruba nation to further attacks by bandits and kidnappers.

According to the group, Oodua Youth Coalition, OYC, in a statement issued on Wednesday and made available to DAILY POST, with what is currently going on in the northern part of the country, particularly in the North-East zone, the Yorubas will not allow the South West to degenerate into such terror status.

While stating that the laudable effort

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Why Buhari Govt Declared Amotekun ‘Illegal’ – Fani-Kayode

January 15, 2020 4:19 am
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has kicked against a statement by the Nigerian government describing ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.

Recall that in a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu, the government said the establishment of Amotekun was not backed by any known law in the land.

“The setting up of the paramilitary organization called “Amotekun” is illegal and runs contrary to the provisions of the Nigerian law.,” Malami said.

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Amotekun: We Won’t Rely On Guns

January 14, 2020 2:30 pm

As the newly launched security outfit tagged Western Nigeria Security Network (tagged: Operation Amotekun) is set to begin operation, THISDAY reports that one of its personnel, Soludero Hunters’ Association has said the outfit doesn’t rely on guns to function well but would use their ancestors’ powers to ward off any aggression against Yoruba indigenes in the zone.

Oba Nureni Ajijola Anabi who is the National President of the hunters, told newsmen that since the outfit was launched, they had resuscitated all “powers used by our ancestors to conquer their aggressors and that’s what we will use in protecting our zone”.…

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