Governor Kayode Fayemi has dispelled rumours making the rounds that the newly launched Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun is a regional police.
Governor Fayemi who spoke in Ibadan at the launch of the security apparatus stated that Amotekun would complement and work in collaboration with existing security agencies to provide adequate security of lives and property in the region.
According to the governor, the Southwest governors were not out to undermine the integrity and sovereignty of Nigeria but were providing the Yoruba people with a “confidence-building strategy” to tackle crime and criminality in the region.
Governor Fayemi added that Amotekun was neither an alternative to any of the conventional security agencies in the country nor state police.
While commending the role played by the mainstream security agencies in tackling kidnapping and banditry in the zone, the governor said Amotekun would reduce the burden on the agencies which he described as “overstretched”.
Governor Fayemi urged Nigerians not to give room for fears which may have emanated from the propaganda circulating in the social media about Amotekun while adding that the security agencies have embraced the Western Nigeria Security Network.
