Buhari’s Aide Backs Establishment of Amotekun

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has thrown his weight behind the creation of the Southwest Security outfit, codenamed Operation Amotekun.

He gave his backing to Amotekun in an article entitled ‘Insecurity: What Buhari has done, and is doing.

Adesina said the army, police and the other forces cannot do it alone, adding that national security is a collective responsibility.

According to Buhari’s aide, everybody must lawfully be involved in securing their communities and country.

He said, “If there was efficiency, why is there a proliferation of regional security outfits; Amotekun in the South-West, Shege-Ka-Fasa in the North, and with other parts of the country warming up to set up their own?

“Good question. Security is a collective responsibility. It is a collaboration between the government and the people, and those who heap all the blame on government, for political capital, are missing the point. The people must be involved in securing their communities and country but within the bounds of the law.”

He stated that President Buhari electoral victory in 2015 gave a boost to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), established by Nigeria and her neighbours to combat insurgency.

“With headquarters in N’djamena, Chad, it became a potent fighting force, under the inspiration of Buhari. The contribution to routing of the insurgents is unquantifiable,” Adesina added.

The presidential aide noted that military operations such as the Lafiya Dole recorded remarkable successes against Boko Haram with roads and schools abandoned for many years reopened.

According to Adesina, Operation Safe Corridor has reformed thousands of repentant insurgents.

He recalled that President Buhari vowed to be harder on bandits, adding that recently special forces of the police raided the Ansaru terror group in Kaduna, killing about 250 terrorists.