David Madayese Jemibewon who would clock 80 years on Tuesday, is a retired Nigerian Army Major General. He was the governor of the defunct Western...
David Madayese Jemibewon who would clock 80 years on Tuesday, is a retired Nigerian Army Major General. He was the governor of the defunct Western State and Oyo State. The Jagunmolu of Ibadan was appointed Police Affairs Minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo. He schooled in both England and United States. In this interview with, he talks about life as a military officer, corruption in the police force and the Amotekun security outfit.
However, when casualties were being recorded on a daily basis from sector to sector, it became obvious that we were in full civil war. The idea of Federal Government Colleges was to inculcate at the early childhood the idea of one and united Nigeria irrespective of one’s place of origin. I did not serve under General Obasanjo nor did I serve under the same sector with Col. Alabi. Furthermore, courtesy and military tradition forbids a junior officer getting involved in an argument between two senior officers on a matter of this nature.You served as Military Governor of Western State and Oyo State as well as Minister of Police Affairs. How did your experiences help in shaping you?
When democracy was reintroduced to governance in 1979, some of us came in hoping we could help in sanitizing the political arena. Zonal Police Command to be under the Deputy Inspector General of Police and which shall control the geo-political zones of the nation . You were one of those that fought to keep Nigeria together. Recently, you endorsed the Southwest security outfit, Amotekun.
With this, in my mind, I knew the Amotekun states were on the right lane of the law. Let’s ask ourselves few questions: what type of government does Nigeria operate?
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