“There may be a lot of things that are not clear to me, whether the constitution precludes you from defending yourself, or looking after your own security, and that of your people.”
In fact, a peeved former Chief of Defence Staff , Gen. Alani Akinrinade says the Federal Government “should go to hell if it cannot provide security” for Nigerians, which it swore to protect.Akinrinade, also a former Chief of Army Staff in an exclusive chat with The Guardian expressed concern over the manner regional security systems are springing up
He continued: “The Constitution did not create governors but administrators…A governor must be able to make laws through his parliament and also enforce those laws using the police force, but our governors can’t even, though they are called chief security officers of the states. Where is the instrument for fostering that security because the police is not under their control.”
While refusing to fault South West governors for initiating Operation Amotekun, or faulting them for waiting this long before taking off, he said, “when you are talking about timing, it is a bit difficult to fault the governors for setting up Operation Amotekun. All I know is that things got to a head and became unbearable, and so at some point the governors had to do something.”
“There is need to breakdown the current security architecture.
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