The governor of Ondo State and chairman, South West Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the South-west security initiative, Amotekun ...
The governor of Ondo State and chairman, South West Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the South-west security initiative, Amotekun, is neither a regional army nor an ethnic agenda aimed at undermining national cohesion.
The governors launched the security organisation on January 9, but the federal government afterwards declared it illegal and contrary to the provisions of the constitution. He said ethicising the current situation was even more unhelpful, adding that there should be no reason for such. “The South west governors have chosen the later. In unequivocal terms too, each of the choices has a consequence, if not consequences.
“This is far from the truth because Governor Akeredolu is on the path of national cohesion through collaborative internal security,” he said. “It therefore suffices that Governor Akeredolu considers more compelling, the need to institutionalize an acceptably complementary and more enduring security framework in the South west.”Meanwhile, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, also called on traditional rulers in the South-West of Nigeria to throw their weight behind the Western Nigerian Security Network to ensure it comes to fruition.
Mr Adams said the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation had goofed to have described Amotekun as illegal security network, when similar security outfits such as Hisbah operates in Nassarawa, Kano and Katsina States.
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