*FG Begins Recruitment for Community Policing

The establishment of zonal security outfit, Amotekun, by the South-Western states of Nigeria on Saturday gained the endorsement of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), which in turn said it would also float a security arrangement to be known as ‘Shege Ka Fasa’ to further cater for the peace and safety of the North.

Spokesperson to the group, Abdul-azeez Suleiman, said in a statement issued on Saturday that, “While we do not dispute the right of the south-west to initiate the Amotekun as a necessary alternative to secure their safety in the face of government’s control lapses, we nevertheless understand the need for such measures to abide by due processes that conform with relevant laws of the land.

“The acceptable position remains that only legally constituted outfits and lawfully sanctioned organisations under the direct control of the federal government, as recognised by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, can be so organised, armed and fitted.

He however warned that “Any extra judicial arrangement by which regions set up state-sponsored armed militia groups may therefore not be tolerated as it only confirms suspicions of a wider agenda similar to that of IPOB, to cajole other parts of the country to submit to their ambition for political ascendancy.

“If indeed the aim of the south–west leaders is to use Amotekun as weapon to coarse the nation into ceding the presidency to them in future, CNG finds it pedestrian and tactless as brigandage will only jeopardise their chances the way IPOB did to south-east politics.

“On the contrary, any section of the country that is able to present a credible alternative shall certainly gain the support of Nigerians without the need for resorting to bluffing.”

The group said the proposed Northern security outfit became necessary in the face of security threats that have defied solution in the country, adding that extra ....

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Coalition of Unity Beggars... Northern clowns

They also have branch here on nairaland
Sarrki and are their senior patrons
If you need unity, you gotta earn it

It about time this country split