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Ogun govt approves Amotekun bill
The Ogun State Government on Wednesday approved the proposal for the creation of the South West Security Network, Amotekun, in the state.
The approval, according to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Kunle Somorin, was given at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.
According to the statement, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adegbolahan Adeniran, said the presentation of the bill before the state council followed the earlier approval by the Attorney Generals and Commissioners of Justice of the six Southwest states.
He said: “We presented the bill for the creation of the Ogun State Security Network Agency or what many call the Amotekun Corp Bill of 2020.
“Today, the Executive Council of Ogun State met and adopted a draft as amended of a bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Security Network Agency. This agency will comprise of the Amotekun Corp and this bill will be transmitted to the House of Assembly before the end of this week.
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“It made all the Attorney Generals of the Southwest zone including Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos States to come together with the intervention of the DAWN commission that has been piloting the process, and we are able to have a draft model bill to be adopted by each of the states in accordance with their local circumstances and situations as the need arises.”
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