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FG Declares Operation Amotekun Illegal

January 14, 2020 1:13 pm

Barely a few days after the inauguration of a security outfit known as Amotekun by South-West states, the Federal Government has declared the paramilitary outfit as illegal as it is not backed by any known law in the land.

The Attorney General of the Federation made the feeling of the government known in a statement made available to Vanguard on Tuesday.

In the 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 issue of defence and security fell under the …

₦13,500 Pay Threatens Operation Amotekun

January 14, 2020 10:28 am

IBADAN —THE newly launched joint security outfit, Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, was threatened, yesterday, by the Soludero Hunters’ Association, SHA.

Members of the hunters’ association rejected the proposed N13,500 monthly payment for personnel of the outfit.

The hunters also called on the initiators to organize a parley where all the personnel would meet to identify themselves.

But reacting, the Ondo State Government said the six South-West states have not agreed on remuneration for the personnel.

This came on a day the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Ado Ekiti, threw its weight behind the outfit, saying the South-West …

Amotekun: Gov. Abiodun Speaks On Withdrawing From Outfit

January 13, 2020 8:31 am
Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun has reacted to reports making the rounds on plans to pull out of Operation Amotekun.

The South West Security Network, christened Amotekun has since commenced operations in all the six states in the South West

Reactions have continued to trail the creation of Amotekun which was launched on January 9, 2019.

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Abiodun and Osun States counterparts were absent at the inauguration of the security outfit in Ibadan; which fueled speculations of their plan to withdraw from the operation.

But, addressing newsmen in Sagamu on Sunday ,

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Amotekun: NBA Declares Position

January 12, 2020 2:32 pm
As controversy rages over the establishment of a joint security outfit codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’, the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), Ado Ekiti chapter, has declared that the Southwest Governors, had not breached any section of the 1999 constitution for establishing the security network.

The legal association added that the governors only exercised their rights under the law, since the kernel of the existence of any government, is to guarantee security of lives and property.

There had been barrage of criticisms against the formation of the security outfit since its inauguration in Ibadan, Oyo State capital last Thursday, with the most scathing

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Amotekun: IPOB Reacts To Outfit, Blasts Ohanaeze

January 11, 2020 5:41 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday commended Southwest governors for establishing a security outfit, South West Security Network also known as Operation Amotekun.

IPOB said the establishment of Amotekun was a dogged and courageous move to protect people of the South West.

 

 

Recall that six governors of the region had on Thursday launched the Operation Amotekun in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

However, a statement by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful reads: “We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great and indomitable leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu commend South-West governors, …

Amotekun: Only criminals, With Hidden Agenda Are Jittery

January 10, 2020 11:12 am
A security expert, Dr Kazeem Idowu, has berated antagonists of the security arrangement in the South West, tagged: ‘South West Security Network ( Operation Amotekun), insisting that only criminally-minded people would criticize such initiative.

Idowu opined that the present security challenges in Nigeria should ordinarily elicit proactive measures and creative steps from any serious government towards curtailing the menace before becoming endemic.

The security expert , in a press statement he sent to NAN on Friday, argued that the only way insecurity could be effectively tackled in Nigeria is through organized community policing system such as ” Operation Amotekun”.

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Amotekun: Northerners Blow Hot Over S-West Security Outfit

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has berated the Southwest Governors for the establishment of Amotekun.

On Thursday January 9, the Western Nigeria Security Network known as Amotekun commenced operations in Yorubaland.

The NYCN, in a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Isah Abubakar, stated that Amotekun is “OPC military wing in disguise”.

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They argued that the move was a threat to national peace and security.

The body stressed that the new security outfit is in the same league with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra,

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Amotekun: Don’t Betray Yorubas –Ooni of Ife, Warns Security

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday warned personnel who will be working with the new security outfit, Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly known as Amotekun, not to betray the interest of Yoruba land.

Ogunwusi gave this warning during the launching of Amotekun by the governors of the South West region.

At the launching held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital were Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.

Others were Deputy Governor of Ogun, Noimat Salako-Oyedele, Deputy Governor of Osun, Benedict Gboyega Alabi, Yoruba

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Amotekun: FFK React, Tells N-Delta, Igbo Govs What To Do

January 10, 2020 5:52 am
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Friday applauded the establishment of Amotekun security outfit in the Southwest.

Fani-Kayode urged governors in the South-South and South-East to emulate such move in their respective regions.

In a tweet, the former Minister insisted that self-defense was a necessity in the face of biting insecurity challenges.

“The Amotekun security outfit & initiative is the best thing that has happened to the Southwest states in the last 4 years. I commend the Southwest Governors and all those involved in its formation and establishment. I urge the Governors of South-South and Southeast to do the

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