South West Governors ratify legal framework for Amotekun

The Attorneys-Generals of the six South West states have put finishing touches to the required legal framework for the operation of Operation Amotekun, the security outfit for combating crimes in the region.

The AGs concluded work on the legal framework on Friday night.

According to the available details, each of the states will have its legislation and security network operatives, which will be known as Amotekun Corps.

Those who attended the meeting, which started at about 7pm in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, were: Prof. Oyewole Oyewo (Oyo), Oluwafemi Akande (Osun), Olawale Fapohunda (Ekiti), Adekola Olawole (Ondo), Akingbolahan Adeniran (Ogun) and Moyosore Onigbanjo (Lagos), who was represented by the Director of Civil Litigation, S.A. Quadri.

The meeting, which lasted for about three hours behind closed doors at Davies Hotel, Bodija, Ibadan, was also attended by officials of the South West regional think tank Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission, led by the Director General, Seye Oyeleye.

Speaking with newsmen after the meeting in the presence of others, Oyewo said the bill will be sent to the various states Houses of Assemblies after it has been seen by the separate State Executive Councils.

He said the operational details and structural procedures will be common across the six states to allow for avenues for operational collaborations.

He reiterated that the security network is to complement the existing apparatus but would be using local intelligence, expressing optimism that the bill will not take too long before being passed to laws by the individual states.

Oyewo said: “The meeting of the Attorneys-General of the six South West states just concluded and we deliberated on the plan to evolve a collaborative security network/agency in the South West.

“We have been able to come up with a legal framework to back up such establishment of security network in each of the states.

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