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Amotekun: Malami Swallows His Word, Claims Misinterpretation


Abubakr Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation, on Thursday, denounced his earlier stance against the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Outfit code-named Operation Amotekun which he had declared illegal.


Malami whose condemnation whose anti-Amotekun remark had stirred up more knocks than nods on social media, has, however, claimed to have been misinterpreted by the governors of the six southwestern states and their sympathisers across the federation.


Malami made a U-turn on his anti-Amotekun stance while addressing responding to a question during a chat on Radio Nigeria Abuja on Thursday morning where he explained:

“I was misinterpreted on Operation Amotekun, I did not say it’s Illegal”.
“I said the Operation Amotekun should be properly back 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 will 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 an 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.”

seunmsg:
It is good to see that common sense is finally prevailing. Kudos to Asiwaju for his intervention yesterday. Malami’s turnaround today is a direct result of his intervention yesterday and the relentless insistence of the people of the region to stand by their right to secure themselves.

Going forward, the south west governors should ensure that Amotekun is given a legal backing. Amotekun has come to stay and nothing can stop the determination of the Yorubas to protect lives and properties of everybody living in the South west region.

Again, Amotekun is not aimed at fighting any ethnic group. It is simply an outfit to assist federal security agencies in fighting crimes. Only criminals should be afraid.

BabaRamota1980:
We dont care.
Amotekun lives on!