{"id":276053,"date":"2020-02-21T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=276053"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:52:25","slug":"amotekun-as-a-cliche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=276053","title":{"rendered":"Amotekun* as a Cliche"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/%24s_%21NJQm%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d78d9b8-b037-4487-8e2e-6ba5b343fba3_582x409.png?ssl=1\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-noB79L\"><g><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"\/><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"\/><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"\/><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the clich\u00e9 \u2018Putting the cart before the horse\u2019 had an organic life, it would have protested vigorously to mankind that we have used it beyond the point of redundancy. From the cleric to the swindler, the philosopher, the politician, the food seller, the macroeconomist, rich, poor &#8211; not a day passes that the phrase is not expounded as an adage to deal with a situation, however mundane. Even the poor horse referred to, is tired. This noble animal deserves much more than what we have ascribed to it for thousands of years: a beast of burden, an object of sport, and the B-character pun in a morality tale.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we humans are to blame. We are so flawed that even when we come up with very good ideas &#8211; improving security of lives and property in this instance &#8211; we too often fail to contemplate, and act through the obligatory steps to fulfilment.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the midwives of the\u00a0<em><strong>Amotekun<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0security initiative had perfected the requisite legal instrument for its\u00a0<em><strong>existence before its existence<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(yes), they would not be working overdrive now with their state assemblies to promulgate a law to back its premature birth. Clumsy, very clumsy.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day we cease to make avertible errors is the day that the idiom \u2018Putting the cart before the horse\u2019 will become pass\u00e9. Sorry, horse.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Amotekun: An inchoate programme at improving citizens\u2019 security through community policing and vigilante activity in south-western Nigeria. Caveat: Definition may change anytime.)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the clich\u00e9 \u2018Putting the cart before the horse\u2019 had an organic life, it would have protested vigorously to mankind that we have used it beyond the point of redundancy. 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