The state governments in the south-west say Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, should not be allowed to determine the structure of Amotekun.

The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), a commission set up by the south-west governments, said this in reaction to comments credited to Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman.

In an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday, Shehu was quoted to have said the structure of the security outfit would be determined by the IGP.Amotekun was established by the govts in the south-west in response to rising insecurity in the region.

In response to Shehu’s comments, Seye Oyeleye, DAWN director-general, said Amotekun would only be guided by the laws passed in the south-west states. Oyelele said in a federal system, states are allowed to have their security outfits as long as they are backed up by laws.

“The houses of assembly in the six states in the south-west have passed laws to guide the operations of Amotekun in their states. I don’t know what he (Shehu) meant except he is saying that the order of the inspector-general of police supersedes the states’ laws,” PUNCH quoted the director-general as saying.

“Amotekun is guided by the states’ laws. The setting up of community policing should not in any way disturb the operations of Amotekun. In any federal system, there are multi-layers of policing and the more the merrier; Nigeria needs policing at different layers.

“The operations of Amotekun are guided by the laws duly passed by the houses of assembly in the six states in the region and the bills were assented to by the governors.

“When I read what was credited to Garba Shehu, I found it strange. The Ondo state Amotekun is fully operational. Even Garba Shehu contradicted himself while saying this. He said, on the one hand, the IG would supervise Amotekun, and on the other hand, he said Amotekun was guided by individual state laws.”Oyeleye said community policing cannot be controlled by a single person in Abuja.

“We are operating a federal structure and Abuja should concentrate on its own community policing. I don’t want to believe that they are setting up their community policing structure to undermine what any state is doing,” he said.

SmartProf:
Those in charge of leading the affairs of Nigeria lack synergy. These are the type of confusion that may even be in our military command centres or front line battle grounds. Little wonder why all types of miscreants still thrive here. It appears that despite the creation of Amotekun, and it's backing by law, the FG may not be in complete support of the outfit. It's just a shame.

HigherEd:

They are looking for opportunities to either discredit the outfit or deliberately sow chaos in the structure in such ways that the outfit though existing would be crippled. The unity of one purpose the states put up is however a bit too difficult for them to handle.

They would still try nonetheless.

Ikeast:
Amotekun is only operating in the S.W,
so why is Fulanis so desperate of controling everything in this country......?

HigherEd:
The south west really displayed political intelligence in spinning off the Amotekun structure. It is clear some people are still not happy with states ensuring their own safety.
IGP should be worried about bringing peace to Southern Kaduna.


Lalasticlala

HigherEd:

They are looking for opportunities to either discredit the outfit or deliberately sow chaos in the structure in such ways that the outfit though existing would be crippled. The unity of one purpose the states put up is however a bit too difficult for them to handle.

They would still try nonetheless.

Rugaria:


a primordial character steamed in ethnic hate and cultural chauvinism...

Rugaria:


What is amotekun? A force stationed to save the South West from the administrative failures of buharis ineffective presidency!!! Is this not the height of sophisticated idio-cy?

Rugaria:


Without the southwest, buhari wouldn't have gotten the numerical spread he needed to become the president since other parts of the South refused vehemently to buy into his dubious campaign... , the reason being that a lot of people in the Christian south worried seriously about several of his outbursts that seem to showcase a primordial character steamed in ethnic hate and cultural chauvinism...

So the southwest proudly made buhari president, a man whose actions and inactions has led the security situation in this country tothis sorry pass.. Now the same people who boast of their sophisticated political sagacity in making buhari the president TWICE are now all over the place congratulating themselves for forming one sorry- sight of an organization called Amotekun ! What is amotekun? A force stationed to save the South West from the administrative failures of buharis ineffective presidency!!! Is this not the height of sophisticated idio-cy?

Rugaria:


Without the southwest, buhari wouldn't have gotten the numerical spread he needed to become the president since other parts of the South refused vehemently to buy into his dubious campaign... , the reason being that a lot of people in the Christian south worried seriously about several of his outbursts that seem to showcase a primordial character steamed in ethnic hate and cultural chauvinism...

So the southwest proudly made buhari president, a man whose actions and inactions has led the security situation in this country tothis sorry pass.. Now the same people who boast of their sophisticated political sagacity in making buhari the president TWICE are now all over the place congratulating themselves for forming one sorry- sight of an organization called Amotekun ! What is amotekun? A force stationed to save the South West from the administrative failures of buharis ineffective presidency!!! Is this not the height of sophisticated idio-cy?

SmartProf:
Those in charge of leading the affairs of Nigeria lack synergy. These are the type of confusion that may even be in our military command centres or front line battle grounds. Little wonder why all types of miscreants still thrive here. It appears that despite the creation of Amotekun, and it's backing by law, the FG may not be in complete support of the outfit. It's just a shame.