Why you must deploy Amotekun now, Southwest governors tell Sanwo-Olu

Southwest governors have advised the Lagos government to deploy the Regional security outfit in the State to protect the lives and property of the people.

The governors stated this in a statement while reacting to a viral video which they considered disgraceful in which a Chief Superintendent of Police was seen defying an order issued by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the Magodo land dispute on Tuesday.

The statement which was signed by the governor of Ondo state, who also doubles as Chairman, Southwest Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, described the disgraceful exchange between a police officer, a CSP, and the Governor, the supposed Chief Security Officer of the State as disconcerting.

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“The utter disrespect, which underlines the response of the officer to the Governor establishes, beyond doubt, the impracticability of the current system, dubiously christened “Federalism”. An arrangement, which compels the Governor of a State to seek clarifications on security issues in his jurisdiction from totally extraneous bodies or persons, is a sure recipe for anarchy.

“We condemn, very strongly, this brazen assault on decency. We call on the IG to explain the justification for this intrusion. This is not acceptable. Any expectations of rapprochement between so called federating units and federal security agencies are becoming forlorn, progressively, due to deliberate acts which mock our very avowal to ethics and professionalism.

“We condemn, in very clear terms, the role of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami SAN in this act of gross moral turpitude.

“If the purported Chief Security Officers of the States of the Federation require clearance from the office of the IG on matters within their areas of jurisdictions, only hypocrites will wonder why the current security crisis deepens and there appears to be no solution in the foreseeable future.

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“We condemn this brazen assault on decency very strongly. We call on the IG to explain the justification for this intrusion. This is not acceptable. Any expectations of rapprochement between so called federating units and federal security agencies are becoming forlorn, progressively, due to deliberate acts which mock our very avowal to ethics and professionalism.

“We stand by our brother, the Governor of Lagos State. We advise him to deploy the Regional security outfit in the State to protect the lives and property of the people.

“We call on the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces to rein in the excesses of certain elements bent on acting in a manner capable of eroding the bond of trust existing between the people and the Federal Government. It is preposterous for political appointees to seek to undermine the very structure of service upon which their appointments rest.