Amotekun’s partnership with the Police will enhance security – Oyo Speaker

Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin says the success of Amotekun Corps in enhancing the security of the state is dependent on the full support and guidance given to it by officers and men of the Nigerian Police.

Mr Ogundoyin stated this when the Oyo State Police Commissioner, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu paid a familiarization visit to him in his office at the Parliament Building, Secretariat Ibadan.

The Speaker requested the Oyo State Commissioner of Police to extend full support to Amotekun Corps when fully operational in the state to enable them complement the activities of security agents in the task of reducing crimes in every nook and cranny of the state.

Mr Ogundoyin told the Police Commissioner that Amotekun Corps was not established to take over the functions of the Nigerian Police but to help them gather information, engage in surveillance and help in arresting suspects. 

While assuring the Oyo State Police Command of the readiness of the State Legislature to work with the various security agencies since security is the joint responsibility of all, Mr Ogundoyin urged the Police to do more in the area of intelligent gathering and securing of the border communities in Oyo State.

In his remarks, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu assured the Speaker that the Oyo State Police Command was ready to work with Amotekun Corps in line with the directive of the Inspector General of Police, IGP

The CP explained that the Police has a good working relationship with the various vigilante groups and local hunters, adding that Amotekun Corps who will not bear arms will not be an exception

Citing the bank robbery incident in Okeho some weeks ago, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu said if not for the local hunters the robbers would not have been apprehended.

On the farmers/herders clashes, the state police boss who promised that his men would take proactive steps to arrest those causing the crises, blamed the spate of kidnappings, armed robbery and other heinous crimes perpetrated in some parts of the state on some nomads who use their cattle as cover-ups. 

Mosope Kehinde