The Ogun state government has approved the creation of Amotekun in the state. The state has approved the creation of the western Nigerian security network in it state.
The approval came at a federal executive council meeting of the state held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. The chief press secretary of the governor Mr Kunle Somorin in a statement said that the approval came at the state executive meeting held on Tuesday the 11th of February, 2020.
The statement read:
“Today, the Executive Council of the State met and adopted a draft as amended of a bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Security Network Agency. This agency will comprise of the Amotekun Corp and this bill will be transmitted to the House of Assembly before the end of this week.
“It made all the Attorney Generals of the Southwest zone including Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos States to come together with the intervention of the DAWN commission that has been piloting the process, and we are able to have a draft model bill to be adopted by each of the states in accordance with their local circumstances and situations as the need arises.”
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