Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State yesterday said that the bill for the establishment of the Western Nigeria security network popularly known as Amotekun would be signed into law simultaneously by the South west governors on February 14.
Receiving the draft from the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda, in his office in Ado Ekiti, Fayemi stated that Amotekun was designed to protect both indigenes and other residents in the six states of the south west zone.
Fayemi said:
“The bill is not likely to propose an exclusive protection for Yoruba people living in the six states, it is going to talk about ensuring that our highways are free of banditry, of armed robbery, of kidnapping, of all forms of brigandage and criminality in our states. To that extent, it is a logical extension of the community policing initiative that President Buhari has assented to and the police have been properly briefed.
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“My colleagues and I were still in discussion about this yesterday and we have promised ourselves that this will be given accelerated discussion in our various state executive councils this week. Our speakers have been really waiting for this. Some of them have been recalling other members from recess in order to give this an accelerated passage in their various legislative houses, so that by Friday 14th of February, the bill that hopefully would have been passed into law, would be assented to simultaneously in the six states of the South west,”
Within Nigeria reported that Fapohunda earlier revealed that the bill which was expected to be presented simultaneously by the six commissioners for justice to the various governors of the region, contains the operational guideline for Amotekun.
Other provisions of the bill which he said would be made public on the website of the Ministry of Justice by 5:00p.m. today included the establishment of an independent Amotekun complaint board to address possible cases of abuse of power, including violation of right and corruption.