Residents Rally Support For Operation Amotekun In Osun
Residents of Osogbo, Osun state capital trooped out in their numbers yesterday to rally support for Southwest governors initiative on the recently established Southwest Security outfit popularly called “Operation Amotekun”.
However, the Federal Government through the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami declared the security outfit illegal saying issues of defence and security are under the exclusive list.
The rally according to the organizers was to drum home the support of Osun people to the formation of the security outfit.
At the rally, residents who were chanting solidarity songs marched from Nelson Mandela Freedom Park through Oke-fia down to Oja Oba all in Osogbo metropolis.
The Chairman, Yoruba World Congress Osun State Chapter, and convener of the peaceful rally, Dr Akin Adejuwon said the rally is aimed at creating awareness, mobilizing people and informing them that Amotekun has come to stay on their behalf.
While explaining the need for Amotekun in the Southwest, he said it is the instantaneous response to a very serious problem that is very typical in the Southwestern part of Nigeria.
Also speaking, a stakeholder in the movement, Engr Sola Fatokun stressed that the long and the protracted agitation for state police is now inevitable adding that the Federal government and the governors should meet and find a common ground while Operation Amotekun stays.