June 12, 2026
*Personnel paid N75, 000 salary
*Why we established Amotekun — South-West Govs
By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubarka, James Ogunnaike & Adeola Badru
There were grand designs to frustrate the realisation of that day. From the Federal Government, which did not give any go ahead for the launching, while the then Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, declared that it was illegal; to the boycott by the Police and military authorities; pushback from northern political elites; restricted firearms usage; to subterranean moves by a section of the political leadership of the self-same South West geo-political zone to ensure that the launch did not hold, Thursday, January 9, 2020, held with gusto. It was the day the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, was launched.
