Professor Akinyemi, in an Interview with ARISE NEWS, acknowledged that the Sudanese Armed Forces have a legitimate claim to power, as they have and also follow the normal processes in the army, while the Rapid Response Force was only formed by Sudan’s former president, Omar Al-Bashir, as an insurance against being overthrown.
“In fairness, we must concede that the Sudanese Armed Forces is the legitimate one. They have the Sudan defense academy, their officers are well trained, they go through the normal processes and they get promoted when they pass examination. The Rapid response force is a collection of thugs. The ganger weed who committed so much atrocities in Darfur. They don’t get any training; they don’t go to any institution. They were recruited by Al-Bashir, the former president of Sudan who was looking for the people who will do the dirty work of subjugating Darfur. So, then all these untrained civilians were then recruited and armed and they subjugated Darfur and as compensation, he issued a decree recognizing as rapid response force. He needed them as an insurance against being overthrown or being dependent upon the Sudanese army.
