Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced that the state’s Amotekun corp members are ready for deployment to its 351 wards.
Makinde revealed this while speaking at the passing-out ceremony of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo Town on Wednesday.
“This afternoon, we held the passing-out ceremony of the Àmòtékún Corps in Oyo Town. It’s been a long journey to get to this point from July 2019, when the first meeting was held by all six southwest governors to set up a regional security outfit.
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“The Àmòtékún Corps will collaborate with federal security agencies to secure our state. Members of the corps will be drafted to all the 351 wards in Oyo State. They will be answerable to me and so, I will be responsible for their actions,” Makinde said.
Amotekun is a regional security outfit conceived by South-West states.
The outfit is expected to complement federal policing as the country continues to mull over the mechanics of a policing system under the authority of state governments.
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