Declare Your Stand on Amotekun Within 24 Hours, Group Tells Tinubu
POLITICS DIGEST – Save Lagos Group, a Southwest based association, has given an ultimatum of 24 hours to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare his position on the region’s security outfit popularly called ‘Amotekun’.
Tinubu has so far declined comment on Amotekun since its launch by the Southwest governors last week as well as its recent declaration as illegal by the federal government, despite being regarded by many as the leader of the region.
In a statement on Friday, the Convener, Save Lagos Group, Adeniyi Sulaiman, said the group was giving Tinubu 24 hours to speak up.
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Sulaiman asked Tinubu, who is an advocate of restructuring, to be courageous regardless of his rumoured Presidential ambition.
The activist rubbished threats by Northern groups like the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore which stated that supporting Amotekun may cost the Southwest the Presidency in 2023.
He said it was hypocritical of the Federal Government to allow Shariah Police, Hisbah, to operate in more than 10 northern states while it declared Amotekun, which is operating only in the Southwest as illegal.
The SLG convener said the safety of the people of the Southwest was worth more important than any Presidential ambition.
He commended several personalities like Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Debanjo; activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN; Chief Olu Falae, Otunba Gani Adams and several others for speaking up for the people of the region.
