Someone pls tell me the meaning of Amotekun in English.

I hope they utilise these Amotekun of a thing well to save people from all these bandits

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allthingsgood:
Dead on arrival. Amotekun is unlawful and illegal, period.

Dare me and I'll crush you else...

You're free to take a deep dive into the lagoon.

cc

omenka
Simplyleo
and other enemies of Amotekun using igbos support bashing as shield to their hypocrisy

we all know your schemes

omenka when are you going to support similar outfit in Benue

A very welcomed development. Domestic Security is the Best because they know and understand their terrain and can easily spot and treat any negative elements.

ngadaAwo:
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omenka
Simplyleo
and other enemies of Amotekun using igbos support bashing as shield to their hypocrisy

we all know your schemes

omenka when are you going to support similar outfit in Benue

GiftCard hustler how are you

allthingsgood:


Nobody is fearing anything. Constitution doesn't give powers to any region to form vigilante. Amotekun is unconstitutional and illegal

Besides if not that Nigerians are too stupidly short-sighted with extensive memory loss, haven't we been down this road before How did bakassi, opc vigilante etc end?? By the time the amotekun realise their power and turn on the citizens, it's the same people that will be crying for fg to save them

Which constitution? The one you made or inherited from the military?

itsme01:


GiftCard hustler how are you

I'm good bro
got any to sell.?

allthingsgood:
Dead on arrival. Amotekun is unlawful and illegal, period.

you will die and leave it

it is only Yoruba people that can divide this country, please they should tread softly with their amotekun or what ever they call it.

itsme01:


first Vigilantees is constituitional, all Nigerians have the right to defend themselves, secondly baring arms is allowed if you have lisence collected from state police command duly signed by state governor, and Lastly under our constituition citizens have the right to make an arrest in the absence of a police but have to hand them over to the police for prosecution ..

Bakassi and OPC are unregistered and unlisenced back then and without government backing Amotekun not only has Government backing, it duly informed IGP and office of the NSA of its activities

about your fear of Amotekun and the citizens, their jurisdiction is mainly in the forest leading to highways linking southwest cities where kidnappers and bandits are based

since FG cant protect us with revered Afenifere's leaders daughter killed and former health Minister son kidnapped we cant wait till SouthWest turns to Boko Haram zone or Kaduna - Abuja express way, we have all right to protect our self

Almost all estate in abuja occupied by big men has lisenced guards so nothhing is stoping south west.. and for your information Amotekun are now fully opreational i am in Ibadan and i can fully confirm that to you, even CP olukolu pledged his support

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cp pledged support unofficially,amotekun is yet to be legalised by the states assembly but the process is ongoing, bakassi was backed by state assembly legislation

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itsme01:


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no
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allthingsgood:
Dead on arrival. Amotekun is unlawful and illegal, period.

You're actually all things evil.

Incredible

ngadaAwo:
no
i do legit only

what makes you think its isnt legit? hun?!

thought they said beggars aint choosy

Smartchoiice:
....NO LAW PROHIBITS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OPERATION AMOTEKUN —

Chief Afe Babalola SAN
Chancellor ABUA
Bamofin Oyo

January 16, 2020

THE Attorney General of the Federation was reported to have declared the regional community security outfit (Amotekun) illegal.

I disagree with the Attorney General. On the contrary, it is absolutely constitutional and legal.

The issue of Amotekun is an issue of Public Safety and Protection of property.

There is no law in Nigeria which prevents citizens from being able to secure their lives and properties.

Indeed without protecting the right to life and property, no other right can be exercised as one has to be alive to enforce other rights as guaranteed in the Constitution.

The Nigeria Police does not enjoy exclusive jurisdiction when it comes to the protection of lives and property.

As a matter of fact, in many parts of Nigeria, various outfits such as Civilian JTF, Hisbah Police, Vigilantes have been performing the duty of protecting lives and properties.

There is nowhere in the Police Act where a citizen is prohibited from being vigilant to protect his life or property either personally or together with other citizens.

Citizens of Nigeria have always enjoyed a right to effect what is known as a citizens arrest where any person is found to have committed an offence before handover to the police for prosecution.

In addition, private citizens also may in certain circumstances prosecute persons who have committed crimes.

Thus in Part V of the Criminal Code Act S.275 which provides as follow: “it is lawful for any person who witnesses a breach of the peace to interfere to prevent the continuance or renewal of it, and to use such force as is reasonably necessary for such prevention and is reasonably proportioned to the danger to be apprehended from such continuance or renewal, and to detain any person who is committing or who is about to join in or to renew the breach of the peace for such time as may be reasonably necessary in order to give him into the custody of a peace officer or police officer…”.

A communal reading of sections S.272/273 Criminal Code will reveal that: a person may arrest a person who has committed an offence and prevent his escape.

Neither the constitution in Sections 214-216 nor the Police Act in Section 10 gives the Police an exclusive duty to secure lives and properties.

All the above support the establishment of the Amotekun which has been established to give an official teeth to the provision of the Criminal Code which allows private citizens to arrest and detain offenders and bandits and to hand them over to the police.

Given the provisions of the Criminal Code in Sections 272-275, the right of citizens to arrest any person for committing an offence is legal and may be exercised individually or communally.

In any event, the regional community security outfit known as Operation Amotekun cannot be set aside by oral pronouncement by the Attorney General or any other body.

Only the Court of Law can declare the establishment illegal.

Make una forget Mallami he is a product of quota system he cant read and interprete the constitution. That is how they produced a General in Army that has no battle tactics and very weak tactically.

Pls forget these people. Amotekun has come to stay if Hisbah can stay Amotekun must stay so the north can kill theirselves if they want.

Tzben:
This is an indirect form of restructuring the Nation security

People old enough will remember the menace OPC became in the early 2000s, members became terrors on the streets, ffw 2015, we saw what they did & groups like these are the foundation of Amotekun. The SW shld lobby the Legislature & the Executive for establishment of state Police.

Smartchoiice:
Wole Soyinka

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Let the fight continue, the hausa-fulani and their slaves. We are watching you guys since you said nobody should rule Nigeria except you guys. Confusion in the camp of the enemy of progress.

Goziesolar:
cp pledged support unofficially,amotekun is yet to be legalised by the states assembly but the process is ongoing, bakassi was backed by state assembly legislation

you are right. his support might seem unofficial, but his presence was duly noted at DAWN commision meetings, and as for the legal frame work its in the pipeline and it would model Lagos Neiborhood watch frame work

See: https://www.nairaland.com/5603739/cain-abel-nature-every-human

itsme01:


what makes you think its isnt legit? hun?!

thought they said beggars aint choosy

enough bro
let's go to business section
don't derail please