Gather | Regional security outfits like Amotekun and the new 'Iru Ekun Security Network' are a bigger long-term threat to Nigeria than the criminals they fight.
Regional security outfits like Amotekun and the new 'Iru Ekun Security Network' are a bigger long-term threat to Nigeria than the criminals they fight.
Counsel
"Every armed group in history that fragmented a nation started with a legitimate grievance. The Amotekun story, like every regional security story before it, begins with a real problem — kidnappings, killings, a state tha..."
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Topic ContextWith rising insecurity across Nigeria, figures like Sunday Igboho are unveiling regional security outfits to protect their communities. This development ignites fierce debate about the efficacy of state security, the right to self-preservation, and the potential for these groups to fragment national cohesion. The emotional tug-of-war between desperate self-preservation in the face of state failure versus the constitutional and national imperative of a unified security apparatus.