A leader and Stalwart of Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political organisation, Ayo Adebanjo, on Tuesday said the federal government had no authority to determine the legality or otherwise of Amotekun, a south-west security outfit.
Attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami,had on Tuesday declared Amotekun as illegal, saying security remains the exclusive preserve of the federal government.
Speaking during an interview with TheCable, Adebanjo said such pronouncement was not for the AGF to make, noting that the appropriate step to take if the Federal government was displease with the security outfit was to go to court.
The elder statesman said similar civilian organisations are operating in the north, wondering why the one in the south is considered illegal.
He added that he was not surprised by declaration of Amotekun as illegal, saying that such dclaration only affirmed the dictatorial predilection of President Muhammed Buhari which he had spoken about in the past.
“He (Malami) has no right to declare the authority of state governments as illegal. If it is illegal, he should take them to court and beg the court to declare it illegal under the constitution of the country. He has no authority to do so at all,” he said.
“Civilian organisations in Kano and other places in the north, they are not illegal, how are they now illegal in the south? For me I am not surprised, any dictatorial tendency from the federal government is welcomed because I have predicted it so they are only confirming all that I have said about Buhari’s dictatorial tendency.
“The judiciary is established to adjudicate between persons and between governments. I have said it before that this is not a government of the people, it is the military government of the north by Buhari. It is a dictatorship per se.”