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Yoruba Elders Attack Tinubu for Keeping Quiet on Amotekun (1)

Yoruba elders have come for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for keeping mum on Operation Amotekun, a security outfit established by his region’s governors. On Saturday, January 18, 2020, Afenifere chieftains Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Senator Femi Okurounmu, lambasted Tinubu, who is seen as a political leader in the Southwest, for refusing to comment on the security initiative. The Southwest Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun, was launched by the region’s governors on Thursday, January 9,2020, and almost immediately after the launch, the federal government through the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, declared it illegal. While the federal government has expressed opposition on the initiative, Yoruba elders have voiced their support for Amotekun. But Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, is yet to say anything on the issue. Reacting to Tinubu’s silence on the security outfit, 91-year-old Adebanjo in an interview with Punch, tackled the APC leader for forming an alliance with the North. Adebanjo: "It was the likes of Tinubu that told us that the Southwest would enjoy many privileges but what has the Southwest benefitted from the alliance? He shouldn’t have forged an alliance with them in the first place." Adebanjo further said Tinubu will never become the president of the country. He added that the APC leader has been keeping mum over Amotekun because he is being deceived with a presidential ticket. “He asked the Yoruba people to vote for him (Buhari) and that things would be better. Now that they are being slaughtered and they don’t want us to have our security, you are keeping quiet all because you are being deceived that you will become the President which you will never be”. Senator Femi Okurounmu, who represented Ogun-Central senatorial district from 1999 to 2007, also attacked Tinubu for his silence on Amotekun, saying he has been exposed for who he is. Okurounmu said, “If the ordinary man on the street is in support of Amotekun, if all Yoruba people say this is what they want and he is refusing to talk, then his silence has exposed him for what he is. His silence speaks loudly.” Meanwhile, Tinubu’s Media Adviser, Tunde Rahman has said that the APC Chieftain would speak at the appropriate time. What do you make of Tinubu’s silence on Amotekun?

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