Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted the Federal
Government of Nigeria, noting that the country cannot have two systems.
In a statement on Thursday, Akeredolu reacted to the video
showing the Katsina security outfit obtaining the approval to bear arms.
The governor said this followed government’s denial of the
Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun Corps) to carry assault rifles
despite terror attacks.
Akeredolu noted that denying Amotekun the rights to
legitimately bear arms is a repudiation of the basis of true federalism which
we have been clamoring for.
“That Katsina was able to arm its state security force, with
the display of AK47 means we are pursuing one country, two systems solution to
the national question.
“If the Katsina situation conferring advantages on some, in
the face of commonly faced existential threats, it means that our unitary
policing system, which has failed, is a deliberate method of subjugation which
must be challenged.”
The governor said Nigeria’s independence agreement was based
on a democratic arrangement to have a federal state and devolved internal
security mechanics. We must go back to that agreement.
He added that denying Amotekun the right to bear arms
exposes the Southwest to life-threatening marauders and organized crime.
“It is also a deliberate destruction of our agricultural
sector. It is an existential threat. We want to reiterate, that what is sauce
for the goose, is sauce for the gander.”
The statement announced that the Ondo government, under the
doctrine of necessity, “have decided to fulfil its legal, constitutional and
moral duty to the citizens of the State, by acquiring arms to protect them”.
“This is more so, given that the bandits have an unchecked
access to sophisticated weapons. The State government cannot look on while its
citizens are being terrorized and murdered with impunity. We will defend our
people.”
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