Amotekun Bill returns for passage Wednesday

Lawmakers in Osun, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo states will resume legislative work on the bill seeking to establish Amotekun Corps today to finalise the process of legitimising the security outfit.

Speakers and Attorneys-Generals of the states met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where they made observations, suggestions and cleared conflicting areas identified during the public hearings conducted by the states last week Monday.

They did a clause-by-clause deliberation on the issues raised at the public hearings that held simultaneously in the states.

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At the meeting were Speakers Adebo Ogundoyin (Oyo), Timothy Owoeye (Osun), Bamidele David Oleyelogun (Ondo), Mudashiru Obasa (Lagos), Funminiyi Afuye (Ekiti) and Olakunle Oluomo (Ogun).

The speakers adopted a uniform law for the security outfit to ensure uniformity and ease of regional cooperation on training, equipment and intelligence sharing.

It was learnt on Sunday that the Oyo State House of Assembly will tomorrow (Tuesday) pass into law the bill backing the establishment of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Kazeem Olayanju, told EkoHotBlog that the bill, which has passed through Second Reading, will be passed into law at tomorrow’s plenary.

A source in the Assembly revealed that the request during the public hearing by Miyetti Allah , a group of herdsmen to have its members recruited into the outfit was not accommodated in the bill to be passed.

The request was contained in its memorandum to the public hearing committee in Ibadan, the state capital last week.

In Lagos, the Tunde Braimoh-led Committee on Information, Strategy and Security of the Lagos State House of Assembly will tomorrow present its report on the proposed amendment to the Neighbourhood Safety Corp Agency Law 2019 at plenary.

The law is being amended to create Amotekun Corps in line with the region’s effort to tackle rising crime waves such as kidnapping for ransom, killings, robbery and banditry.

The House suspended its recess two weeks ago to consider an executive bill sent to it.