Tag: Amotekun
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“Because of Ambition, a serving Senator is demonising Amotekun” – Akeredolu alleges
Following the claim by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group that Yoruba people are primitive over their stance and support for ‘Operation Amotekun’, the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has alleged that the group’s effrontery was being backed by those he described as external collaborators. According to the governor, one of the internal…
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Amotekun not a threat to national unity, says Bola Ahmed Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has debunked claims that a security outfit launched by South-West governors, Amotekun, is a threat to national unity. Tinubu said this in a press statement on Wednesday. The statement reads, “Those claiming that this limited, inoffensive addition to security threatens the Republic have taken themselves upon…
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Some Yoruba leaders aiding Miyetti Allah to oppose Amotekun – Akeredolu hints Nigerians
The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday, alleged that some Yoruba leaders in the South-West were behind the Miyetti Allah in opposing the newly launched Operation Amotekun in the region. The Secretary of the Miyetti Allah, Saleh Alhassan, had on Channels Television, on Tuesday, criticised the South-West governors on the creation of…
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You are sadly wrong, I hope you weren’t tragically wrong on Amotekun, Soyinka attacks Balarabe
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has come down on ex-governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, over his comment that the Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun would lead to the declaration of Oduduwa Republic. The security task force was initiated by the six South-West governors to tackle kidnapping, banditry and ritual…
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Operation Amotekun receives more endorsement
Interfaith forum backs establishment of Amotekun The Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace has said that Operation Amotekun would help to address the issue of insecurity and criminality in the South West. The Co-chair, executive council of IDFP, Alhaji Ishaq Sanni, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, said the Western Nigeria Security…
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Amotekun was in the interest of Nigeria, I won’t sacrifice lives for politics – Akeredolu
Says I don’t mind the consequences on my second term chances in any manner Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwaroyimi Akeredolu yesterday declared that he is not perturbed by the possible consequences of leading the governors of the South-west in the formation of regional security outfit, Amotekun. This is coming as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar…
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Amotekun: Arrest Yoruba Leaders – Miyetti Allah Tells FG
As Ex- Military Generals back operation Amotekun in Southwest National President General of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has called on the federal government to arrest Yoruba leaders promoting Operation Amotekun, the Southwest regional security network. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Tribune reported that key retired military officers in the South West on Friday threw…
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Amotekun: Withdraw your support or lose 2023 presidency – Miyetti Allah to Southwest Govs
Herdsmen under the umbrella of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have warned Southwest governors to withdraw their support for Western Nigeria Security outfit, codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’, adding that their continued support for Operation Amotekun may hurt the Southwest’s chances of getting the Presidency in 2023. The National Secretary of the group, Alhassan Saleh, said this…
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Amotekun: “To hell with you”, Fani-kayode replies FG, Malami
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has attacked the Federal Government of Nigeria for describing the ‘establishment of Amotekun’ as illegal, through a statement recently credited to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Starnews had reported that the FG through Malami said that: “the setting up of…
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Gani Adams replies Malami in open letter over declaration of Amotekun as illegal
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister, Abuja. Dear Sir, PROTEST OVER YOUR ILLEGAL ORDER TO SOUTH-WEST GOVERNORS I find it disturbing your statement of Tuesday January 14, 2020 declaring the security initiative of South-West governors ‘Amotekun’ as illegal. You also threatened that the full course of the law will be applied to anybody…