Day: January 21, 2020

In a bid to stop the proposed rally of the newly launched Southwest security outfit, Amotekun in Lagos, armed mobile policemen have taken over Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, venue of the rally. Code-named “Amotekun Solidarity Walk.” It was organised by Yoruba World Congress to show a peaceful protest and support for the new security outfit set up by governments of southwestern states. At the venue there was heavy presence of security personnel along the roads and other recreation parks nearby. As at the time of this report, many people…

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, gave his opinion concerning the controversy surrounding the right of regions to establish internal security outfits, saying that they were necessary because the nation’s military and paramilitary forces are overstretched and underpaid. This his his second statement after the first one, on the issue that regions have the right to self-defence and setting up internal outfit was not the same as seeking succession. In the statement titled, “Self Defense Is International Human Rights, Guaranteed By Article 51 of the UN Charter,” the former presidential candidate…

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