The southwest politicians and elites woke up to the idea of Amotekun in a period that there was minimal or no event of farmers and herdsmen clash. Mind you, this is a theory.
Amotekun has been described as an ethnic security measure for the southwest indigenes to protect themselves from external attacks and crises. But it appears that it is a little bit more than that because it is being spare headed by governors, social elites like Wole Soyinka and all the big names that can shake the table.
The picture of the general overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God carrying a placard is almost a picture that has never surfaced before in history, does it have anything to do with Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, who is a pastor of the church and a southwest leader being stripped off of some executive responsibilities or truly is it about the death of a CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria) top official? If it for the latter reason, then it is hypocritical, we have run out of numbers of death in the country in the past five years and not once has he protested publicly in the streets.
If that is not convincing, the exemption of southwestern leaders from the executive power led by a northern administration points to strife between both ethnicities of power and it is only natural for the southwest to lay claim to the executive power since they paved the way for the north.
Bola Tinubu is a frequent face on our TV sets now, publicly lamenting the crimes in the country and the weakness of the leaders who have emerged from a political party he created.
Amotekun, therefore, can be more than a security measure, it can be a movement to see that President Buhari and his cohorts are seen out of office.
Lagos state is going through a certain phase in transportation which is not a normal phenomenon. Usually, the state work hand-in-hand with its NURTW officials of the because of their political relevance in the state, it is therefore not sensible to ban Okada or Keke Napep if it is not agreed upon by both parties, knowing fully well that the majority of the Okada riders are northerners in Lagos.
The tussle is pointing more to ethnical power strife than the security measure for which it is perceived to be established.
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