The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday received the draft copy of the proposed bill for the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Network in the state.
Receiving the draft from the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapohunda, in his office in Ado Ekiti, Fayemi restated that the security network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ was designed to protect both indigenes and residents in the six states of the South-West zone.
Fayemi said the initiative was a logical extension of the community policing initiative recently assented to by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari and which the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had communicated to all the formation of the police force across the country.Fayemi disclosed that all the governors in the region have agreed with the speakers in their state assemblies to expedite action on its passage and subsequent assent into law.
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