{"id":1023,"date":"2020-02-03T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vor.org.ng\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2022-08-14T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T09:00:41","slug":"amotekun-as-catalyst-for-nigerias-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ictnetworldltd.com\/newvor\/2020\/02\/03\/amotekun-as-catalyst-for-nigerias-restructuring\/","title":{"rendered":"Amotekun as catalyst for Nigeria\u2019s restructuring"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was only a matter of time before someone pulled the trigger on the political contraption called Nigeria\u2019s current incongruous, pseudo-federalism. A weird federal structure that has the bloated centre controlling what it should not, for instance, community security, cannot stand on one leg for too long! Or, how do we explain the array of impunity that has had the Boko Haram extremists and the bloodhounds called the bandits running roughshod over the north-eastern and north-western states? What about fully armed Fulani herdsmen turning Benue, Taraba and Adamawa amongst other states into Nigeria\u2019s killing fields, while those who should care regale us daily with the rhetoric of bringing the culprits to book. But no one has!
\nSo, how do we explain the sad scenario that no one has been brought to speedy justice, over the heinous crimes against humanity? Instead, the so-called \u2018repentant\u2019 killers amongst them have been quickly embraced by the Federal Government with the spurious amnesty programme at the nation\u2019s expense! I do sincerely hope that some people do not have the erroneous belief that some citizens\u2019 lives are more precious than that of others. Meanwhile, the killings continue, exacerbated by the recent beheading of Revd Hassan Andimi, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, in Michika LGA of Adamawa State. And some people thought that the days of mass resistance would not come? Now it has.
\nWelcome to the warm embrace of Amotekun<\/em>. I do hope that you are not afraid of its cuddling claws, or are you? Well, those same claws could turn deadly, but only to those with blood on their hands. So good that the life-cherishing, peaceful and protective people of the South-West have come forth to say that enough, is indeed, enough! Remember, that they are still grieving over the cruel, callous and conscienceless killing of Mrs. Olufunke Olakunri, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of Afenifere. The tragedy which took place in July 2019 has since become the trigger for the coming into being of Amotekun<\/em>.
\nThough Undie Adie, Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, claimed that bandits, rather than Fulani herdsmen were behind Olufunke\u2019s death, it remains curious that investigations into that death have since stalled! That is, according to the respected father.
\nThe hasty response of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, declaring Amotekun <\/em>as  \u2018illegal\u2019 while he kept mute over the Hisbah security outfit in Kano and the Civilian Joint Task Force in the North-East leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Is what is sauce for the goose no more sauce for the gander, concerned Nigerians keep asking? Having involved the top hierarchy of the Police Force before its official launch by the governors of Ondo, Ekiti, Osun and Ogun, Malami ought to have urged for its statutory status at the state\/regional level. But he didn\u2019t, setting off an escalating wave of angst across the land.
\nSo also has the injurious insult of the Miyetti Allah\u2019s response to Amotekun<\/em>. To have stated that the South-West stands to lose the presidency come 2023 if it insists on going ahead with it, is arrogating to itself the Nigerians\u2019 right to choose who they want to lead them. That is arrant nonsense! The National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Alhassan, says his organisation is afraid that if the Amotekun<\/em> security outfit is allowed to operate, it could turn out to be \u201ca disaster for the country\u201d and \u201ca threat to democracy\u201d. Have the killings by armed Fulani herdsmen not blown into an unmitigated \u201cnational disaster\u201d and a clear \u201cthreat to Nigeria\u2019s democracy\u201d? It is high time some people cleansed themselves from the superiority complex mentality.
\nAnd that explains the position of the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, who reminded Malami that the problems of kidnapping, banditry and other forms of insecurity in the South-West led to the creation of the outfit by the elected governors. He cited the killing of Olufunke and reminded Malami that the people have a responsibility to defend and protect themselves.
\nSaid he: \u201cI find it disturbing your statement of Tuesday, January 14, 2020, declaring the security initiative of South-West governors Amotekun <\/em>as illegal. You also threatened that the full course of the law will be applied to anybody promoting the Amotekun<\/em> security initiative. Maybe, you have forgotten. I need to remind you that you are the Attorney-General of the country, not a section of the country,\u201d he wrote.
\n\u201cYour outburst against the governors who were elected, not selected or appointed, is against the spirit of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).\u201cThe right to life is universal and no government can legislate against that. One thing is clear: Nigerians have the right to protect themselves. This should be food for thought for Malami.
\nSo also should the incisive response of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, to the unfortunate maligning and misinterpretation of the Amotekun project by Balarabe Musa, that it would lead to the declaration of Oduduwa Republic. Soyinka said, \u201cBalarabe is sadly but I hope not tragically wrong. I invoke the tragic dimension here because the making of tragedy, especially for nations, often begins when fears are mistaken or promoted as facts\u2026Such acts turn out, in the end, to be based on nothing but fears, sometimes generated by guilt over past injustices, such as inequitable dealing. That is the basis of tragedy, towards which nations are propelled by a partial, or wrongful reading of socio-political realities and \u2013 history. I would like to see this nation avoid such a blunder. So, I am certain, would Balarabe Musa\u201d.
\nIt was in a similar vein that Chief Olusegun Osoba, an APC chieftain recently opined that the government has refused to restructure Nigeria because it is serving the interest of some section of the country. He cited the increasing agitation for what Nigerians term \u2018true federalism. It is an offshoot of the agitations of the democratic transition that eventually led to civil rule in 1999. And it is an indication that all is not well with the existing practice of federalism in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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The bitter truth, therefore, is that several of our successive political leaders have thought that Nigeria\u2019s unity was beyond questioning. No! Methinks that we need to revisit the recommendations of the 2014 National Confab and begin the politico-economic restructuring process in earnest. Enough of this self-deceit. This contraption called Nigeria\u2019s federalism cannot work.<\/p>\n

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