The Osun House of Assembly says the second reading of the Amotekun Bill will be done after public hearing on the Bill, just as the ‘policy trust’ on the Bill was treated.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Timothy Owoeye and other lawmakers who spoke on the policy trust of the Bill, all agreed on the need for accelerated hearing and passage of the bill, hinging their submission on the inherent security benefits of the Bill when passed into law.
Earlier, while entertaining Hunters Group of Nigeria, Osun Command, the Speaker said the timing was right for the services of the group and others like them to be part of the Amotekun operation in order to fortify security in the state and region.
He however, warned the group not to abuse or use the position and privilege, when accommodated into the Amotekun programme, to oppress, telling them not to toe the line of a similar social-cultural security group that became oppressive and collapsed afterwards.
Mr. Owoeye called on the hunters to give the Amotekun initiative full support, asking them to be part of the public hearing on the Bill on Monday, as stakeholders in the security sector.
Mr. Amitolu Shittu, who led the group to the Assembly, said the group has about 15,000 screened and registered members in the state and that their visit to the assembly was to show support and solidarity to the House.
Mr. Shittu said his group and its members were ready to work with security agents to secure lives and property of the people in the state, adding that it would be a privilege to be part of the Amotekun programme.
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