No going back, Amotekun is illegal - FG

Malami insists Amotekun is illegal

Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Thursday insisted that the establishment of the Southwest security outfit, Operation Amotekun, is illegal and has no place in the constitution.

Malami, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Dr. Umar Gwandu, said the Federal Government would not bat an eye due to sentiment being displayed by people on the matter.

According to him, no amount of effort to hide the truth would work, saying that people could be carried away by sentimental or emotional inclinations, but that the truth remained apparently palpable.

He said the bottom line was that the current Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria did not accommodate formation of regional security architecture.

“This is a fact which is undisputable and undeniable. Mr. Falana was prevaricating and circumlocuting using evasive techniques when he was asked by the media to justify the presence of lacuna within the law which could establish or protect the concept of regionalism in any operation in the country.

“This arrangement called Amotekun is not backed by any law neither at the State nor at the Federal Government level. Amotekun, therefore, remains unconstitutional and illegal as already indicated,” he stated.

The Attorney General added that the Federal Government appreciated that legally-minded Nigerians had started to eschew emotions by offering legal comments on the matter as against being carried away by other inclinations.

He said his office was committed to the rule of law and a constitutional democratic Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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9 Comments

Kingsley Gbenoba says:

January 25, 2020 at 12:10 am

Malami is not opposed to Amotekun. Rightly, the outfit needs a legal backing. Otherwise, how do you provide for and account for it’s funding not to talk of it’s mode of operation.

Kingsley Gbenoba says:

January 25, 2020 at 12:08 am

Malami is not opposed to Amotekun. Rightly, the outfit needs a legal backing. Otherwise, how do you provide for and account for it’s funding not to talk of it’s mide of operation.

yeye says:

January 24, 2020 at 8:50 am

Where is Malam Malami from ?. What constitution is Malami talking about?. If Malami is just waking up to realize that Nigeria has a Constitution he ought to adhere to, let him go back to when and where his BOSS has proudly infringe the Constitution, Court orders, where DSS and SARS have brazenly harassed judges in the Temple of Justice.

Where was Malami when PI&D legally harassed Nigerian, where was Malami when many, many issues bordering on the Constitution, Electoral law, rule of law were bastardized by INEC and The Supreme Court.

Malami watch your back and ponder if the ghost chasing Adoki shall not recruit more deadly agents to chase you after May 29, 2023.

Chris Duru says:

January 24, 2020 at 12:54 am

Time for the southeast to set up their own regional security outfit .

Iyabode says:

January 23, 2020 at 10:39 pm

Formation of Amotekum is right,federal gov. make it legal.we are trying to protect our region.thank you

Abi says:

January 23, 2020 at 10:15 pm

Mallam Malami is absolutely right. No going back because Amotekun has come to stay. The Western Security can only be forward moving.

Ajani Cornelius says:

January 23, 2020 at 6:43 pm

It’s like the AGF thought Nigeria belongs to just one ethnic group. What should come first is it the protection of lives and properties or the Constitution. This man want us to wait for the Fulanis herders to keep having field day and wipe out the whole of a region simply because he needs to protect the Constitution. He should remember that Buhari now has less than four years left. By May 29 it will remain 3 years for this regime. Regional or no regional , lawful or not South West will go ahead to protect our people from Fulani marauders
Instead of making useless comments let him file a suit in the law court.

Jd says:

January 23, 2020 at 6:43 pm

If the gov thinks it’s illegal pls let them make it legal as all the westerners in Nigeria support it, at the end of the day, the people are the one that needs protecting but they have failed to do that