Amotekun Is Bible Inspired -MURIC Mutters, Calls For Change Of Name

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has given further reasons for its opposition to Operation Amotekum saying the name of the Southwest regional outfit was biblically inspired.

MURIC argued that the name ‘Amotekun’ was inspired from the book of Jeremiah 5:6, which states “Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.”

The Muslim group stated that a section of Jeremiah 5:6, particularly reference Amotekum as a guard over the city,  ‘A leopard shall guard over their city’.

The group, in a statement, by its Director Prof. Ishaq Akintola urged the South-West Governors should change the name ‘Amotekun’ in order to accommodate all stakeholders, stressing that Amotekun as a name is controversial.

“Now, we have a sub-region where Muslims have been under persecution for ages coming up with a security outfit under the name of the same leopard mentioned in the bible as a guard over the city.

“This is not a coincidence. The handlers of Amotekun picked the name deliberately from the bible in order to score a spiritual point. It is very critical. It calls for serious concern. So why give a security unit a religious name?

“We advise the planners of the new security outfit to give it another name in the interest of peace and harmony in the sub-region. This is necessary if they want to carry all stakeholders along. Amotekun as a name is already controversial. We do not need a Christian security unit.

“Neither do we need a Muslim security outfit. The security agency in the South West must not only be neutral, it must also be seen to be neutral.

“We affirm that Muslims form the majority in the population of the South West. They are therefore critical stakeholders and the unity of the Yoruba cannot become fait accompli without involving the Muslims in the sub-region. Muslims must be carried along in any security network in the zone. We are interested in security.

“MURIC will support any security arrangement anywhere in Nigeria so long as such arrangement is devoid of gymnastic religiousity and acrobatic ethnicity.”

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