Emboldened by the huge support from the people of the South West
region in particular and across the states of the country in general,
the South West governors have moved fast to give legal backing to the
regional security outfit, codenamed Operation Amotekun which they
launched on January 9 this year.This is just as the Nigeria
military has vowed that it will not allow any individual or group to
jeopardize the sovereignty and stability of Nigeria’s territorial
integrity. The military told relevant stakeholders to join hands with
the armed forces and intelligence agencies to ensure that Nigeria is
secured and not to look for other methods likely to negate the national
policy and Community Policing approved by the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration.
Meanwhile, Saturday Vanguard learnt
authoritatively that the laws to back up Amotekun are before South West
States Houses of Assembly while the lawmakers are already fast tracking
the legalisation.The source also told Saturday Vanguard
that irrespective of the position of the Federal government, the Western
Nigeria Security Network was already in operation and the South West
governors would do everything within their powers to provide adequate
security for the people of the zone.It will be recalled
that after the launch of the security out in Ibadan, Oyo state capital,
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar
Malami declared it illegal arguing that the outfit was not backed by any
known law in the land and that he was not consulted before the outfit
was launched.“Indeed Amotekun is not some unthoughtful fancy
of the governors trying to create a nebulous counterforce to the
existing security structure as some uninformed would put it. It is
largely to enhance and strengthen the subsisting law enforcement
agencies as it is already well established in most parts of the North.
0 Comments