ADELEKE ADESANYA
Muslim Rights Concern on Thursday said Amotekun is quickly derailing from what it was meant to be as its men have now set out to intimidate northerners that are doing legitimate business in the South.
MURIC in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said the regional security outfit had also embarked on extra-judicial killing of Yoruba people in the Southwest region.
The statement reads, “Reports reaching us indicate that the South West regional security outfit, Amotekun, has been engaging in extra-judicial killings MURIC said.
“Among those killed without proper recourse to law were Akolade Gbadebo, a 400 level student of the University of Ibadan, who was killed on 26th December, 2020. Seven Fulanis were also reported killed at Ayete in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo State on Monday, 11th January, 2021.
“We also have reports that vehicles coming from or going to the North are being stopped by members of the Amotekun corps. They order Hausa-Fulanis to disembark, search them and almost strip them naked.
“MURIC strongly condemns this act of stereotyping of a particular ethnic group.
“The intimidation of Northern travellers violates the spirit and letter of Section 41 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
“We believe that Amotekun can be useful in stemming the tide of insecurity in the South West without targeting any particular ethnic group.”