Makinde to sign Amotekun bill tomorrow
, was held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The outfit was jointly launched on the premises of Makinde’s office on January 9 before the Attorney General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami , declared the regional security outfit illegal.was originally conceived as a regional security outfit by the governors of Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo and Lagos states.
The governors agreed to give it a legal backing by the legislature of each state to overcome its illegality in the face of the Nigerian constitution. The state assemblies and attorneys general of the six states worked together to generate the law backing the outfit. Although it was created on state-by-state basis, the outfit will still operate as a regional organisation, wearing the same uniform, using the same operational guidelines, having joint training for personnel and working together across borders to prevent crimes or track down criminals.yesterday that Governor Makinde was preparing to sign the bill into law on Tuesday.
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