During the public hearing on the Oyo State Security Network Agency Bill 2020,also known as the Amotekun Bill, the former Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Alhaji Yaqub Bello, indicated the group’s support for the Security outfit. And then, followed up with a request: The inclusion of his group in the recruitment exercise of personnel into Amotekun.
In his words, “Some of us have been in Oyo state for over 40 years, co-habiting with the natives, married Yoruba women and have children. So, our request is to include Miyetti Allah as members of Operation Amotekun to enhance the job of the outfit, since we know the terrain of where we rear our cattle.
“Having Fulani among the outfit will make it easier for Amotekun men to distinguish between genuine herdsmen and the criminals while on patrol. A Fulani man can also serve as interpreter while interrogating any suspected herdsmen”, Bello explained.
But former Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, has taken serious exception to the request. He dismissed Bello’s as a joke, stressing that recruiting Miyetti Allah into Amotekun is like recruiting demons into an army of angels.
In a tweet by Fani Kayode on his twitter handle, he said, “Recruiting Miyetti Allah into Amotekun is like recruiting demons into an army of angels. It’s like recruiting hyenas into an army of lions. It’s like recruiting vultures into an army of eagles. It’s like recruiting sharks into an army of dolphins. Simply put: KO LE WERK!
“It’s like recruiting Nazis into the Israeli Defence. It’s like recruiting the Ku Klux Klan into the ranks of the Black Panthers. It’s like recruiting Hutus into an Army of Tutsis. It’s like recruiting the white Boers into Nelson Mandela’s ANC. I say it again: KO LE WERK!”.
Amotekun is a regional security oufit set-up by the South-west to combat the unabetting insecurity in the country, which has triggered several kidnappings, rape and killings in Yorubaland as it has also done in every part of the country.
