Those Against Amotekun are Agents of Crime – Gani Adams

The Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has said the agreement reached between the Federal Government and governors of the South-West on the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, was a welcome development.

The generallismo, who spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on monday when he led members of the pan-Yoruba development interest group, the Oodua Progressive Union Worldwide, on a visit to the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, described those opposing Operation Amotekun as agents of criminals.

Adams called on Muhammadu Buhari to allow Operation Amotekun for the safety of Nigeria, saying, “If the South-West is safe, the entire Nigeria is safe.

Definitely, the agreement between the Federal Government and the South-West governors is a welcome development. It is for the progress of the country.”

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Addressing the OPU, Fayemi, who was represented by the deputy governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, gave the assurance that Operation Amotekun was not a secession agenda.

He said, “Amotekun is not political, it is established for the protection of our people and to curb the spate of armed robbery, kidnapping, destruction of lives and property.”

Adams, who was in Ado Ekiti for the OPU Annual World Conference, was accompanied to the Governor’s Office by the OPU President, Mr Olawale Ayinla; culture icon, Chief Jimoh Aliu; and the Director General, Ekiti State Bureau of Arts and Culture, Mr Wale Ojo-Lanre.