The security outfit tagged “Operation Amotekun” was recently launched by states of southwestern Nigeria to help in providing security for their citizens. However, the Attorney-General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has declared the outfit as illegal because, according to him, “security remains the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government”. In the first place, it does not lie within the province of the attorney general or indeed the President to declare Amotekun illegal as that can only be done through a duly constituted court of law. This is because the Constitution recognises Nigeria as a federation and has set out the powers of the federating states where disagreements and conflicts are to be settled through the judicial arm of government. Secondly, under section 4(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, it is only the National Assembly that has the power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the federation or any