Following widespread criticism that greeted the pronouncement of operation Amotekun as illegal, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakr Malami, on Thursday, denounced his earlier stance against the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Outfit code-named Operation Amotekun which he had declared illegal.
Malami claimed to have been misinterpreted by the governors of the six southwestern states and their sympathizers across the federation.
The chief law officer of the federation, made the claims while responding to a question during a chat on Radio Nigeria Abuja on Thursday, 23rd January 2020 where he explained:
“I was misinterpreted on Operation Amotekun, I did not say it’s Illegal”.
“I said the Operation Amotekun should be properly back by law, so if at the end of this Government, if the Operation has been backed by law, any Government that eventually succeeded this government will not rubbish the Operation”.
“I said if they failed to enact a law in support of Amotekun in the South West Region of Nigeria, another government can come and say it is Illegal and this is because it is not backed up by any law”.
Malami advises the state governors to use their power and the State Houses of Assembly in their various states to enact a law that will make the operation more effective and legal he appeals.
