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Breaking: Makinde Signs Amotekun Bill Into Law, Warns Criminals To Stay Away From Oyo |OGBOMOSO INFO|





The Executive Governor of  Oyo State Engineer Seyi Makinde on Tuesday signed into law the bill backing the establishment of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps.


At the signing ceremony held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Governor Makinde said: “What we are saying is, we need to have a secure environment. We want to give assurance to our investors. I was in Florida last week. The responses have been great and this is one of the things I promised them at that event. I told them to come because we know investors are cowards. If money sees a place that is not safe, it runs away. So, we are providing a safe and secure in Oyo State. Investors should please come and we guarantee decent returns on their investments.
“It is also a time to tell the criminally-minded ones to stay away from Oyo State. They should stay away from the South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria because if they dont, Amotekun will get them.”

The bill was passed with fanfare by the House of Assembly last Tuesday as lawmakers and members of staff wore fabrics with leopard design to the plenary.


The governor has played a pivotal role in the establishment of the regional security outfit due to the central location and importance of Oyo State to Southwest Nigeria.


The security summit which gave birth to the idea of Amotekun was held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in July. The outfit was also jointly launched in the premises of Makinde’s office on January 9 before the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) declared a regional security outfit illegal.

Operation Amotekun was originally conceived as a regional security outfit by governors of Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo and Lagos states. The governors agreed to give it legal backing by the legislature of each state to overcome its illegality in the face of the Nigerian constitution.



The state assemblies and attorneys general of the six states worked together to generate the law backing the outfit. Though it was created on state-by-state basis, the outfit will still operate as a regional organization, wearing the same uniform, using the same operational guidelines, having joint training for personnel and working together across borders to prevent criminality or track down criminals .


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