Self Defence Is An International Human Right, Guaranteed By Article 51 of the UN Charter.

As a nation, our police, armed forces and paramilitary bodies have shown great gallantry, patriotism and dedication to duty. They are our first line of defence against enemies of our nation and saboteurs within our midst. I laud, value and acknowledge them, which is why I awarded scholarships and gave other support to the children of some of our fallen heroes.

Having said that, I must add that the reality on the ground in Nigeria today is that our armed and paramilitary forces are overstretched. To deny this is to put their lives at risk unpatriotically. This we must not do. They deserve better from us.

To say that we do not need the services of those who are patriotic enough to voluntarily put their lives at risk to ensure the protection of the lives and property of Nigerians is to deny the obvious.

I salute groups like the Civilian Joint Task Force in the North East, who provided and continue to provide an invaluable service to Nigeria and her people at great cost to themselves, both in human lives and in productive hours, for which they are not well remunerated. Without their selfless services, where would the war on terror be?

I also acknowledge and appreciate the work that hunters and vigilantes have done and are still doing to help boost security in states scattered across Nigeria, including in the North East and Zamfara, Jigawa and Taraba states, to mention a few. Not a few Nigerians are able to sleep with two eyes closed, because of the action of these bodies of dedicated and gallant countrymen.

Nigeria has crossed the rubicon and cannot go back. There is too much insecurity in the land and too much inefficiency from the Federal Government, leading to wanton and unnecessary loss of lives. It is easy to think that all is well when you are inside secure statehouses, but the reality is that the security situation is far from fine for the average Nigerian citizen.

In such circumstances, people have an inalienable God-given right to self-defence. This divine right, as long as it is limited to self-defence, cannot be declared illegal by man. Not by any stretch.

What I counsel is that the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary must wake up and smell the coffee. When they do, they will realise that people who have volunteered to provide the internal security that the government has not been able to provide, need encouragement, and more importantly, a legal framework and central support to make their dream of preserving the dignity of human life a reality. Internal security is not a call for secession, and we must abandon the paranoia that makes us see it as such. The might of the Nigerian state must quash all calls for secession, no exceptions!

But on the matter of internal security as a means of self-defence, I call on all and sundry to speak up. Yesterday was Martin Luther King Junior Day, and we remember that that great man said:

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

Such is the apparentness of the right to self-defence, including the right to combat terror, that it is guaranteed by international law, enshrined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, of which Nigeria is a signatory.

Therefore, no human power has the authority to criminalise the protection of human life, and no human ambition is worth the failure to speak in support of the people in order to remain in favour with the oppressors of the people.

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the idiot won speak hoping on presidential ambition that won't see d light of day

Abfinest007:
the idiot won speak hoping on presidential ambition that won't see d light of day

Lol his ambition is worth the lives of his people

Most Nigerians don’t understand politics and how it’s played in Nigeria.

Why should Tinubu talk? Will his talk make any difference? What will be the main goal of his voicing out?

People with functioning brains should know Tinubu will be consulted by the SW governors before they can proceed and I’m quite sure in the background they are doing everything possible to make Amotekun successful.

However, politics is a crazy game and most of the guys shouting Tinubu should talk are his enemies. It’s very easy to use his words against him when the time comes as being an ethnic bigot. Tinubu is wise and he should remain silent in the press and work in the background to make Amotekun a success.

As Yorubas, there no need for all of us to be shouting at the same time, there should be the silent workers and the front men that do the speeches.

We Yorubas shouldn’t lose focus, this shouldn’t be a game of throwing banters and abusing people online. We should keep the eye on the target only without listening to ariwo oja!

Amotekun is here to stay!

, you should stop acting like you don't mind sacrificing the blood of your people to herdsmen because herdsmen are buhari's brothers or because of the stipend you get as an APC errand boy in benue state. The money isn't even enough to shave your bushy beard.

Stop acting as if your personal pocket is more important than the lives of your people.

LegendHero:
Most Nigerians don’t understand politics and how it’s played in Nigeria.

Why should Tinubu talk? Will his talk make any difference? What will be the main goal of his voicing out?

People with functioning brains should know Tinubu will be consulted by the SW governors before they can proceed and I’m quite sure in the background they are doing everything possible to make Amotekun successful.

However, politics is a crazy game and most of the guys shouting Tinubu should talk are his enemies. It’s very easy to use his words against him when the time comes as being an ethnic bigot. Tinubu is wise and he should remain silent in the press and work in the background to make Amotekun a success.

As Yorubas, there no need for all of us to be shouting at the same time, there should be the silent workers and the front men that do the speeches.

We Yorubas shouldn’t lose focus, this shouldn’t be a game of throwing banters and abusing people online. We should keep the eye on the target only without listening to ariwo oja!

Amotekun is here to stay!

Did you read the post? There's no mention of Tinubu anywhere.

ChoCho54:
Did you read the post? There's no mention of Tinubu anywhere.

Tbh I did not. I just commented based on the headline and how people have been clamoring for Tinubu to speak to the press on the issue of Amotekun.

False headline....no mention of Tinubu anywhere...

LegendHero:


Tbh I did not. I just commented based on the headline and how people have been clamoring for Tinubu to speak to the press on the issue of Amotekun.

Yes. The heading is misleading.

But I do not agree with you. Those in the know claim Tinubu is not down with Amotoekun.

Not because he doesn't like the idea, but because he is not in charge of it. His enemies like OPC, Afenifere, Fayemi and Akeredolu have highjacked it.

Tinubu played a big role in dividing the Yorubas with his counterfeit Awolowo personae in order to retire the likes of obj, osoba, onogoruwa, Late Ige, falae etc from Frontline politics.

Now same people have gathered together in the name of Amotoekun trying to stir the fragile dirty political waters with their confrontational stance to the central government all in the name oodua unity. A UNITY HE FOUGHT SO HARD TO BREAK WHEN HE BACKED THE FORMATION OF YCE to futher deepen his political hold on SW.

ChoCho54:
Yes. The heading is misleading.

But I do not agree with you. Those in the know claim Tinubu is not down with Amotoekun.

Not because he doesn't like the idea, but because he is not in charge of it. His enemies like OPC, Afenifere, Fayemi and Akeredolu have highjacked it.

Tinubu played a big role in dividing the Yorubas with his counterfeit Awolowo personae in order to retire the likes of obj, osoba, onogoruwa, Late Ige, falae etc from Frontline politics.

Now same people have gathered together in the name of Amotoekun trying to stir the fragile dirty political waters with their confrontational stance to the central government all in the name oodua unity. A UNITY HE FOUGHT SO HARD TO BREAK WHEN HE BACKED THE FORMATION OF YCE to futher deepen his political hold on SW.

I understand your concern and you’re right to some extent. However, I am of the opinion that Tinubu supported this and there is no proof to say the contrary.

You are right about Afenifere and Tinubu enemies hijacking the network, but still I think that shouldn’t make any difference coz they are all Yoruba first!

Afenifere leader initially condemned Amotekun by saying they are not what we needed, he opined that state police would have been the best thing. They later fall into line when they see that majority of the Yorubas supported the network and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have condemned it a bit if they had been the pioneer of it.

Tinubu currently still hold some influence in the SW and the governors loyal to him wouldn’t have subscribed to Amotekun if he was against it. Remember this planning was initiated since last year and DAWN commission were the one that did the planning while all the SW governors supported with the necessary funding.

Although no one dare compare Awolowo to Tinubu coz Awo is far above Tinubu league. However without Tinubu currently, the Yorubas wouldn’t have had a bargaining power in politics at the center.

I honestly believe men like Tinubu have been compromised, like Osibanjo, he is a manchurian candidate.

LegendHero:


I understand your concern and you’re right to some extent. However, I am of the opinion that Tinubu supported this and there is no proof to say the contrary.

You are right about Afenifere and Tinubu enemies hijacking the network, but still I think that shouldn’t make any difference coz they are all Yoruba first!

Afenifere leader initially condemned Amotekun by saying they are not what we needed, he opined that state police would have been the best thing. They later fall into line when they see that majority of the Yorubas supported the network and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have condemned it a bit if they had been the pioneer of it.

Tinubu currently still hold some influence in the SW and the governors loyal to him wouldn’t have subscribed to Amotekun if he was against it. Remember this planning was initiated since last year and DAWN commission were the one that did the planning while all the SW governors supported with the necessary funding.

Although no one dare compare Awolowo to Tinubu coz Awo is far above Tinubu league. However without Tinubu currently, the Yorubas wouldn’t have had a bargaining power in politics at the center.

Tinubu's silence is really driving some people mad, they are seriously waiting for him to talk so as to twist and turn his words


.

StaffofOrayan:
I honestly believe men like Tinubu have been compromised, like Osibanjo, he is a manchurian candidate.

Tinubu is behaving like Pa Akintola of those days. Normally people like him will be seen as a sellout by conservatives, but I am of the opinion that we need someone like Tinubu in this current political scene of Nigeria.

Osinbajo do not need to say anything coz he is the Vice President. He is the Vice President of all Nigerians and he shouldn’t take sides in the media. These guys can do all this in the background and them coming to the media to give pronunciation about Amotekun might not sound logical.

My own grievances is directed at Oyetola, Sanwoolu, and Abiodun. They should lend their voices to this in the open and stop behaving like sissies.

StaffofOrayan:
I honestly believe men like Tinubu have been compromised, like Osibanjo, he is a manchurian candidate.

Its not about compromising, its about having representative on both sides of the table for proper negotiation.. this is how to play National Politics, Obasanjo is doing the same

Atleast Osun, Ogun and Lagos contributed their fair share for vehicle purchase and recruitment, and since Makinde and Fayemi hope to politicalise it they still havent stopped their support in terms of pledge salaries and funding

solmusdesigns:


Its not about compromising, its about having representative on both sides of the table for proper negotiation.. this is how to play National Politics, Obasanjo is doing the same

Atleast Osun, Ogun and Lagos contributed their fair share for vehicle purchase and recruitment, and since Makinde and Fayemi hope to politicalise it they still havent stopped their support in terms of pledge salaries and funding

But if it is igbo, the story would change to "they are not United ".

Keep deceiving yourselves.

CSTR2:

But if it is igbo, the story would change to "they are not United ".

Keep deceiving yourselves.

You Ibos should stop all this pettiness, it is now or never, better start politicking for 2023 or continue chasing shadows.. whatever you wish to achieve is now in your court, Fulanis are very scared and would negotiate with anybody

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Being the president of this country isn't so important. It's just to add to his CV, he wont be different from the presidents before him because the system/structure is flawed. If Amotekun will lead to disintegration, so be it!

LegendHero:
Most Nigerians don’t understand politics and how it’s played in Nigeria.

Why should Tinubu talk? Will his talk make any difference? What will be the main goal of his voicing out?

People with functioning brains should know Tinubu will be consulted by the SW governors before they can proceed and I’m quite sure in the background they are doing everything possible to make Amotekun successful.

However, politics is a crazy game and most of the guys shouting Tinubu should talk are his enemies. It’s very easy to use his words against him when the time comes as being an ethnic bigot. Tinubu is wise and he should remain silent in the press and work in the background to make Amotekun a success.

As Yorubas, there no need for all of us to be shouting at the same time, there should be the silent workers and the front men that do the speeches.

We Yorubas shouldn’t lose focus, this shouldn’t be a game of throwing banters and abusing people online. We should keep the eye on the target only without listening to ariwo oja!

Amotekun is here to stay!

solmusdesigns:



You Ibos should stop all this pettiness, it is now or never, better start politicking for 2023 or continue chasing shadows

Wetin concern igbo with your amotekun?

Igbo presidency is the only thing that matters.

Bros, when there was a fight btw Yoruba's and northerners, Buhari came out and asked why Yoruba were killing his people,
Do you remember that?
This is not a matter of politics, nobody respects a man that doesn't have principles

solmusdesigns:


Its not about compromising, its about having representative on both sides of the table for proper negotiation.. this is how to play National Politics, Obasanjo is doing the same

Atleast Osun, Ogun and Lagos contributed their fair share for vehicle purchase and recruitment, and since Makinde and Fayemi hope to politicalise it they still havent stopped their support in terms of pledge salaries and funding

CSTR2:

Wetin concern igbo with your amotekun?

Igbo presidency is the only thing that matters.

whatever you wish to achieve is now in your court, Fulanis are very scared and would negotiate with anybody now

as for Yoruba its either APC Presidential Ticket or Restructuring period... ibos should squeze PDP or any party they can with their agenda, its going down now and we are all watching

StaffofOrayan:
Bros, when there was a fight btw Yoruba's and northerners, Buhari came out and asked why Yoruba were killing his people,
Do you remember that?
This is not a matter of politics, nobody respects a man that doesn't have principles

bro at no point did Buhari make any statement, it was Danbazua minister of Interior then that went to Ile Ife and made statements, nothing was credited to Buhari or his spokesperson (Garba and Femi)

I can bet you Buhari as a President would never speak on this but rather use his proxies so that people can say it is one imaginary cabals

Lol you would rather wait for the puppets than the puppet master, y'all sound like Tinubu can never be wrong or miscalculate.
Tinubu already knew the kind of animal Buhari was, I think he was banking on his early death

LegendHero:


Tinubu is behaving like Pa Akintola of those days. Normally people like him will be seen as a sellout by conservatives, but I am of the opinion that we need someone like Tinubu in this current political scene of Nigeria.

Osinbajo do not need to say anything coz he is the Vice President. He is the Vice President of all Nigerians and he shouldn’t take sides in the media. These guys can do all this in the background and them coming to the media to give pronunciation about Amotekun might not sound logical.

My own grievances is directed at Oyetola, Sanwoolu, and Abiodun. They should lend their voices to this in the open and stop behaving like sissies.

StaffofOrayan:
Bros, when there was a fight btw Yoruba's and northerners, Buhari came out and asked why Yoruba were killing his people,
Do you remember that?
This is not a matter of politics, nobody respects a man that doesn't have principles

If we mistakenly mix politics with Emotion then we are heading for a major sidelining in 2023, we must keep our emotions and use our actions to show what we mean

I mean before he was president

solmusdesigns:


bro at no point did Buhari make any statement, it was Danbazua minister of Interior then that went to Ile Ife and made statements, nothing was credited to Buhari or his spokesperson (Garba and Femi)

I can bet you Buhari as a President would never speak on this but rather use his proxies so that people can say it is one imaginary cabals

What bargaining power? Politics in Nigeria rewards the politicians and his immediate family and friends. We need to look beyond little or marginal progress. Singapore had to break away from Indonesia to be the wonder of the world it is currently. I'm sure there were people in Singapore that will be shouting One Indonesia then but see what they've become. When a horse is dead, there is no need to keep flogging it. Nigeria is like a dead horse, time for ambitious people to restructure or disembark!

LegendHero:


I understand your concern and you’re right to some extent. However, I am of the opinion that Tinubu supported this and there is no proof to say the contrary.

You are right about Afenifere and Tinubu enemies hijacking the network, but still I think that shouldn’t make any difference coz they are all Yoruba first!

Afenifere leader initially condemned Amotekun by saying they are not what we needed, he opined that state police would have been the best thing. They later fall into line when they see that majority of the Yorubas supported the network and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have condemned it a bit if they had been the pioneer of it.

Tinubu currently still hold some influence in the SW and the governors loyal to him wouldn’t have subscribed to Amotekun if he was against it. Remember this planning was initiated since last year and DAWN commission were the one that did the planning while all the SW governors supported with the necessary funding.

Although no one dare compare Awolowo to Tinubu coz Awo is far above Tinubu league. However without Tinubu currently, the Yorubas wouldn’t have had a bargaining power in politics at the center.

That's the whole idea of the Fulani's
Dangle the scent of presidency in our face till the rug is pulled out under our feet
Meanwhile our forests are under seige.

Your point is exactly the same point Miyetti Allah pointed out, they know how some of you are desperate for presidency.

They call defending your people primitive politics because they have no value for human life

solmusdesigns:



If we mistakenly mix politics with Emotion then we are heading for a major sidelining in 2023, we must keep our emotions and use our actions to show what we mean

StaffofOrayan:
I mean before he was president

oh, that was a different game then, Buhari was reckless in making unguarded statements due to emotions running wild, and when Tinubu's camp took over his affiars regarding campaign they cautioned him on how to manage his media appearance and that was what made him become the new Saint Buhari that everyone voted for in 2023

a quick browse through Facebook comments on Sahara Reporters showed Tinubu's popularity among Northerners suge with his silence, they now call him Baba Buhari, to them they see a little sign of hope in him, but truly behind the closet Tinubu was the masterminder of DAWN (Development Agenda of Western Nigeria) commision that brought about regional integration and WSN (amotekun) Lagos is also one of the biggest spender and financer of the project..

So unlike Some regions that wears their feelings on their collar and make reckless statements, people like Tinubu and Obasanjo are silently making moves behind close doors

if we gain Amotekun and loose out of 2023 wont the Amotekun be disbanded by the next fulani president in case it was El Rufai

StaffofOrayan:
That's the whole idea of the Fulani's
Dangle the scent of presidency in our face till the rug is pulled out under our feet
Meanwhile our forests are under seige.

Your point is exactly the same point Miyetti Allah pointed out, they know how some of you are desperate for presidency.

They call defending your people primitive politics because they have no value for human life

think bro, without presidential powers, if we fail in 2023, many people would pouce on Yorubas and the so called Amotekun would be victimised by the next fulani president especially if we dont have a vice president or a top legislative head

Do you honestly think if we have any chance at devolution of power without a Yoruba President?

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coolitempa:
False headline....no mention of Tinubu anywhere...

There's only one person from the west known to have presidential ambition right now and claims to be a leader of the region. You don't need a soothsayer to mention his name before you know who that is

LegendHero:
Most Nigerians don’t understand politics and how it’s played in Nigeria.

Why should Tinubu talk? Will his talk make any difference? What will be the main goal of his voicing out?

People with functioning brains should know Tinubu will be consulted by the SW governors before they can proceed and I’m quite sure in the background they are doing everything possible to make Amotekun successful.

However, politics is a crazy game and most of the guys shouting Tinubu should talk are his enemies. It’s very easy to use his words against him when the time comes as being an ethnic bigot. Tinubu is wise and he should remain silent in the press and work in the background to make Amotekun a success.

As Yorubas, there no need for all of us to be shouting at the same time, there should be the silent workers and the front men that do the speeches.

We Yorubas shouldn’t lose focus, this shouldn’t be a game of throwing banters and abusing people online. We should keep the eye on the target only without listening to ariwo oja!

Amotekun is here to stay!

Pls are you are Yoruba Muslim? Muric rep

Bros take a deep breath and pay attention to what you are saying,
When your people are being killed and your sights are on 3 years away

People like El Rufai brag constantly that anyone who kills a Fulani man would pay.

Can't you be president and still secure your people? Why must you have to chose one?

Seriously bro, what type of Yoruba's are we raising?

solmusdesigns:


oh, that was a different game then, Buhari was reckless in making unguarded statements due to emotions running wild, and when Tinubu's camp took over his affiars regarding campaign they cautioned him on how to manage his media appearance and that was what made him become the new Saint Buhari that everyone voted for in 2023

a quick browse through Facebook comments on Sahara Reporters showed Tinubu's popularity among Northerners suge with his silence, they now call him Baba Buhari, to them they see a little sign of hope in him, but truly behind the closet Tinubu was the masterminder of DAWN (Development Agenda of Western Nigeria) commision that brought about regional integration and WSN (amotekun) Lagos is also one of the biggest spender and financer of the project..

So unlike Some regions that wears their feelings on their collar and make reckless statements, people like Tinubu and Obasanjo are silently making moves behind close doors

if we gain Amotekun and loose out of 2023 wont the Amotekun be disbanded by the next fulani president in case it was El Rufai

ChoCho54:
Yes. The heading is misleading.

But I do not agree with you. Those in the know claim Tinubu is not down with Amotoekun.

Not because he doesn't like the idea, but because he is not in charge of it. His enemies like OPC, Afenifere, Fayemi and Akeredolu have highjacked it.

Tinubu played a big role in dividing the Yorubas with his counterfeit Awolowo personae in order to retire the likes of obj, osoba, onogoruwa, Late Ige, falae etc from Frontline politics.

Now same people have gathered together in the name of Amotoekun trying to stir the fragile dirty political waters with their confrontational stance to the central government all in the name oodua unity. A UNITY HE FOUGHT SO HARD TO BREAK WHEN HE BACKED THE FORMATION OF YCE to futher deepen his political hold on SW.

You are wise sir, your analysis is so true