Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari, for having failed to protect the people of South-West region and at the same time, preventing it from making efforts to protect itself.
Adebanjo was reacting to the Federal Government’s decision to disband Western Nigeria Security Networks, codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’, by Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and his claim that the security outfit was illegal.
He said there was no going back on Amotekun, wondering why the president, who he said, had failed to protect the region, even with various casualties recorded through activities of kidnappers, criminals and bandits, would be disturbed at the effort of the region to provide security.
He insisted that the mystery surrounding the murder of the daughter of their leader had not been unravelled, even as no arrest had be made long after the lady was killed.
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The elder statesman, in a telephone conversation during a programme on a local media on Monday, said the governors of the region who had been voted into power by the people, should not be prevented from protecting the people after it had become evident that the government of President Muhamnadu Buhari had been incompetent and incapable of protecting them.
“The daughter of our leader has been killed. People have been wiped out in their farms and there has been no arrest or prosecution; and you don’t want us to protect our lives.
“I heard they said they have monopoly of security. We are only protecting ourselves. We are not quarrelling with the Federal Government. We are only interested in our safety of which the governors that we have voted into power are trying to do. Ametokun is constitutional,” he said.
The Afenifrre leader stated that ‘Enough is enough’, stressing that those who were afraid, were the same people trying to wipe them out and they had refused.
He said that nothing could stop Amotekun, even as the governors would not try to deviate, pointing out that President Buhari had just proved himself a dictator.
