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Amotekun: 5 crucial things police affairs minister said about security initiative

Monday, January 20, 2020 at 8:20 AM by Joseph Omotayo

The minister of police affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, has said some important things about the southwest security outfit code-named Operation Amotekun.

According to the Nation, here are therefore five things the police minister said during the weekend:

1. I suppose the intention is a good one

Dingyadi said that he will like to believe that the intention behind the security project is a good one. He, however, said if the different meanings people are giving to it is true, then it is not legal.

"I suppose the intention by the governors in the region is a good one. But if what people are saying and reading different meaning to it is true, then is not legally right,” he said.

2. There is the police that should be supported by the state governments

He said the state government should rather support the police that has already been created.

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Among other things, the minister said that the security initiative should be seen as the governors' contribution to national security. Photo source: The Sun
Source: UGC

3. Security is the responsibility of all

The police minister also emphasized that protecting lives and property in the nation is the collective responsibility of all levels of government.

4. Amotekun should not be seen as a regional initiative

The police minister said that no one should see the security project as a regional one but rather a contribution of the southwest governors to the federal government in ensuring security.

”I advise against those portraying Amotekun as a regional security outfit because I believe is part of the southwest governors' contribution to the FG to secure the country and if it's anything different support it,” he said.

5. The constitution gives federal government total power on security

The minister said that the constitution has clearly spelt it out that the federal government has the total responsibility to secure the nation.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Aare Afe Babalola, a senior advocate of Nigeria, on Sunday, January 19, said that any move by the federal government to destroy the southwest security initiative, Amotekun, will not work.