Amotekun is a ploy by Yoruba leaders to create Oduduwa Republic - Balarabe Musa alleges
- Balarabe Musa has reacted to the establishment of Operation Amotekun
- The southwest governor had on January 9, inaugurated the new security outfit the region
- But Musa, however, described the creation of Amotekun as a ploy by Yoruba leaders to create Oduduwa Republic
Balarabe Musa, an elder statesman and former governor of old Kaduna state, has alleged that the southwest governors established the new security outfit - Operation Amotekun Initiative, in the region as a precursor for the creation Oduduwa Republic.
The governors in the southwest had said that the establishment of the security outfit was to curb the insecurity in their region.
In an interview with the Sun, Musa, advised President Muhammadu Buhari-led government not allow the operation of such security network, adding that it falls out of the established laws of the country.
Legit.ng gathered that he warned that it was a ploy to secure Yoruba land and a prelude to the declaration of Oduduwa Republic.
Source: UGC
The former governor further said that some of the security components of the outfit like the OPC have records of recklessness in terms of securing the lives and property of non-Yoruba.
He said: “First of all, taking into account what happened in the history of Nigeria, this Amotekun will lead to a declaration of Oduduwa Republic. Look at the composition of those who constitute the organisation in addition to the six states governors.
“There is also the OPC, Afenifere, and others. So the fear is quite obvious. And this is in spite of the fact that this government is incompetent. Definitely, this government is incompetent. And it is because of the incompetence of this government that this problem has arisen. But let us also not forget that this federal government is an alliance between the north and the southwest.
“So, why should this happen? Any correction in the set up of the country is possible if this alliance, which controls the government in the country can do its work."
He added that Amotekun is illegal because it contravenes the provisions of the law in the constitution.
“And unfortunately for them in spite of the intellectual aura of the elite class in the southwest, they couldn’t be articulate because they could have been articulate like the Kano state did in the case of Hisbah.
“They went through the state House of Assembly. Now, if this Amotekun had been taken through the six-state Houses of Assembly before it was formed you could say they have a case in the sense that the state Houses of Assembly are in charge of lawmaking.
“Secondly, the governor of each state is the chief security officer of his state. So, if you combine this two and enact a law allowing for the formation of Amotekun, they would have got it right. But in spite of their articulation, they failed to do so, which means it must be deliberate that what they are concerned exactly is an Oduduwa state," he said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the minister of police affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, said the Operation Amotekun might be unconstitutional.
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