By Anthonia Duru
Son of the late legal luminary Gani Fawehinmi, Muhammed Fawehinmi, has thrown his weight behind the security operation launched by South West Governors codenamed Amotekun.
Fawehinmi who spoke in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Saturday said Amotekun should be a pride to all Nigerians.
“After Awolowo, this is the first original initiative and perhaps the best that has happened to the Yoruba race. Amotekun undoubtedly will succeed but there is no leader in Yoruba land. We have elders but we don’t have leaders in Yoruba land,” he said.
Speaking further on insinuations in some quarters that the operation could threatening national unity, Fawehinmi dismissed that describing it as legal. “It is not a threat to national unity, I don’t blame some people who sees it as a threat to national unity what do you expect when we have a half-baked person who perhaps has never read the constitution of the country and does not understand what the constitution is saying. Amotekun is legal and I expect the governor of Ondo State to institute court action to this effect. Amotekun is here to stay and I support it with every fiber of my being, my entire family support it and I expect the whole Yoruba’s to support it.”
In the same vein, former commissioner of environment in Lagos, Dr. Muiz Banire while answering questions told our reporter that Amotekun exists everywhere in Nigeria.
Likening the security outfit with some government agencies, Banire explained that the operation will also bring about healthy competition among different geo-political zones in the country.
“As far as I am concerned, Amotekun exists everywhere. There are agencies like KAI (Kick Against Indiscipline) and Neighborhood corps, they are doing what Amotekun will do. The code name is different and as far as I am concerned even the legal framework already exist. For me, it will bring about healthy competition among different geo-political zones in the country,” Banire opined.
