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IPOB, Amotekun, Ebubeagu may spark election violence, US Democracy Institutes warn

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Two democratic institutions of the United States – the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) – have expressed concern about the activities of separatist groups and informal security outfits in the South-east and South-west of Nigeria, warning that they could be recipes for election violence in 2023. The international delegation of the […]

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Ebubeagu, Amotekun and the confusion of meaning, By Azuka Onwuka

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Recently, the five South-East governors announced the launch of a security outfit codenamed Ebubeagu. Like the use of Amotekun by the South-West governors, the choice of the name “Ebubeagu” generated a controversy over its meaning in English. It was variously interpreted as “the aura of the lion/tiger/leopard.” When Amotekun was launched last year, there were […]

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