The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Wednesday met with the Inspector General of Police, IGP Adamu Mohammed in Abuja to brief him on the issue of the Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun.
The governor, according to his spokesman, Taiwo Adisa in a statement, maintained that the security network was work in progress and that the South-West governors were already operationalizing it, adding that the governors would further meet with the IG to review the situation on the intervention.
Said Makinde “everybody is aware of the issue with Amotekun; we deliberated on it and we had an agreement in principle to have the governors of the South-West meet with him to review the situation. Amotekun is work in progress, we are trying to operationalise it and in doing that, all the relevant stakeholders would have to align.
“We are trying to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, so everybody should be law-abiding, ensure that they don’t do anything that’ll create lawlessness.”
Makinde also used the opportunity to discuss the issue of local government dissolution crisis in his state.
He affirmed that he would obey the judgment of the court once the pending appeals on the local government dissolution in the state are decided.
The Governor stated that as a law-abiding individual, he was ready to work with others to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme.
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