Tag: Amotekun
Obasanjo: A belated love affair
Azu Ishiekwene
If words could make the dead turn in their grave, the founder
of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Faseun, would have...
South-south states agree to establish regional security outfit
Following the setting up of the South West Security Network popularly knows Amotekun by the southwest governors, the six south-south governors rose from a...
Amotekun and fears of the northern elite
Rotimi Fasan
In the massive controversy that surrounded the inauguration
of the Western Nigeria Security Network, otherwise called Amotekun or
“Operation Amotekun”, the lone voice that...
Amotekun, the fearsome cat threatening selfish ambitions
Tunde Odesola
The sun stood still and the rain paused mid-air when Huzuv,
the son of Emperor Bharry, injured his head in an okada accident on...
Middle Belt mulls replication of Amotekun security outfit
Despite the furore generated by the federal government’s declaration of Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) code-named Amotekun as illegal, governors in the Middle Belt...
Regional security outfit, Amotekun, takes off in southwest
Finally, the six southwest governors on Thursday launched a
regional security outfit Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed, ‘Amotekun’.
Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Kayode...
Southwest unveils own police outfit January 9
The governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Kayode Fayemi has said that the
joint security outfit, “Amotekun,” initiated by the six governors in the southwest
zone would...