Presidency, South West Begin Dialogue on Amotekun

Barely a day after the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu spoke out for the first time on the South West security outfit, Amotekun, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is currently having a closed meeting with governors of the region at the presidential villa, Abuja.

The meeting, which is holding at the Conference Hall of the villa and presided by the vice president started immediately after the expanded National Economic Council, NEC.

Tinubu finally spoke on the security outfit that was declared illegal by the federal government after a prolonged silence. The outfit had been launched on January 9 by governors from the South West region to complement efforts of security agencies.

THE WHISTLER reported how Tinubu, in the statement he issued on Wednesday, refused to take sides with the South West governors nor the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who declared the outfit illegal.

The declaration of Amotekun as illegal has led to tension in the south west where supporters of the security outfit had embarked on protests.

Tinubu advised south west governors, who are the promoters of Amotekun to initiate dialogue with the federal government with a view to resolving the controversies surrounding it.

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had recently emphasized the importance of Community Policing which he said was part of the policy of his administration to curb security challenges in the country.

Although the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami had described Amotekun as illegal, the south west governors and leaders of south west said there was no going back in the implementation of the new security outfit.