Amotekun May Be Nigeria's Moment of Truth
By Farooq Kperogi
The federal government's declaration of Amotekun as "illegal" was predictable. But the declaration may well precipitate unpredictable seismic national tremors that could convulse the very foundation of Nigeria.
For one, it will certainly ignite soul-searching conversations, such as why the federal government has no problems with Hisbahs and so-called civilian JTFs in the North, which are no different from Amotekun, and why people who feel unprotected by evidently compromised and inept federal security agencies shouldn't band together to preserve their lives.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature. No sentient humans voluntarily choose to make themselves defenseless victims of armed, murderous criminals, irrespective of what the law says.
A government that has shown itself, time and again, to be either unwilling or unable to protect lives is taking umbrage at people's decision to safeguard their lives, to refuse to be collective sitting ducks to homicidal marauders. The cheek!
This may well turn out to be the moment Nigeria has been waiting for. It may be the jolt we need to get out of our accustomed national complacence and self-imposed suspended animation. Or not.
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"The nice thing about pessimism is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised." G. F. Will
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