Amotekun A Ploy To Create Oduduwa Republic – Balarabe Musa

A former governor of old Kaduna State and Elder statesman, Balarabe Musa, has accused South-west governors of using Amotekun as a ploy to create the Oduduwa Republic.

Naijaparry reports that south-west governors had established the security outfit, Code name Operation Amotekun, to tackle the menace of herdsmen attacks in their region.

In an interview with The Sun, Balarabe Musa urged the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the establishment of Amotekun.

The former Kaduna State governor said the security outfit was a ploy to secure Yoruba land and a prelude to the declaration of Oduduwa Republic.

Musa said: “First of all, taking into account what happened in the history of Nigeria, this Amotekun will lead to a declaration of Oduduwa Republic.

“Look at the composition of those who constitute the organization in addition to the six states governors.

“There is also the OPC, Afenifere, and others. So the fear is quite obvious. And this is in spite of the fact that this government is incompetent.

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“Definitely, this government is incompetent. And it is because of the incompetence of this government that this problem has arisen. But let us also not forget that this Federal Government is an alliance between the North and the Southwest.

“So, why should this happen? Any correction in the set up of the country is possible if this alliance, which controls the government in the country can do its work.”

Reacting to the declaration of Amotekun as illegal by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the elder statesman said the security outfit contravenes the provision of the law.

He added, “And unfortunately for them in spite of the intellectual aura of the elite class in the Southwest, they couldn’t be articulate because they could have been articulate like the Kano State did in the case of Hisbah.

“They went through the State House of Assembly. Now, if this Amotekun had been taken through the six-state Houses of Assembly before it was formed you could say they have a case in the sense that the state Houses of Assembly are in charge of lawmaking.

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“Secondly, the governor of each state is the chief security officer of his state. So, if you combine this two and enact a law allowing for the formation of Amotekun, they would have gotten it right.“But in spite of their articulation, they failed to do so, which means it must be deliberate that what they are concerned exactly is an Oduduwa Stat”