Nigeria's Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, has said he was misquoted on the South-West regional security outfit codenamed 'Operation Amotekun'. he claims he never said Amotekun was illegal.

He stated:

“I was misinterpreted on Operation Amotekun, I did not say it’s illegal.

“I said the Operation Amotekun should be properly backed by law, so if at the end of this government, if the operation has been backed by law, any government that eventually succeeded this government would not rubbish the operation.

“I said if they failed to enact a law in support of Amotekun in the South-West Region of Nigeria, another government can come and say it’s illegal and this is because it is not backed up by any law.

“So, it is just a piece of advice to the state governors to use their power and the State Houses of Assembly in their various states to enact a law that will make the operation more effective.”

Could this be confirmation that Amotekun is now nationally accepted and could be rolled-out in all of Nigeria and maybe the first steps towards State Police?
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See backing off