On Thursday, the Nigeria’s Federal Government and Southwest Governors reached an agreement on Operation Amotekun.
This was revealed by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, on his twitter handle on Thursday.
Laolu wrote: “News Flash: FG, Southwest Governors agree on Amotekun.”
However, Laolu did not give details of the agreement reached with the Southwest Governors at the meeting.
Osinbajo had met with Southwest governors in Abuja over the setting up of a regional security outfit, Operation Amotekun.
Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, were also at the meeting.
Malami had said the establishment of the outfit was illegal and unconstitutional as the issue of security was the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government as laid down in the nation’s constitution.
Since Malami made the statement, outrage has greeted the pronouncement across Southwest. Several bigwigs in Southwest had kicked against Malami’s pronouncement.
Also, protests had rocked Southwest states in defiant to Malami’s statement, while Miyetti Allah has consistently attacked Southwest leaders for insisting on Amotekun, saying that the zone might lose 2023 presidency for this singular act.
Prof. Wole Soyinka had said Amotekun had come to stay, saying such an outfit was needed in a Southwest zone raved by insecurity.
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, while backing the establishment of Amotekun called for dialogue to resolve the difference.
