Operation Amotekun: Oyo assembly passes bill into law

- State lawmakers in Oyo state have on Tuesday, March 3, passed the bill backing Operation Amotekun into law

- The lawmakers considered the bill's clause by clause before the third reading and final adoption and passage

- The lawmakers also added traditional flavour to the event as many were seen dressed in warrior outfit

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, March 3, passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency Bill, 2020 codenamed Operation Amotekun.

The Nation reports that the bill was considered clause by clause before the third reading and final adoption and passage.

Legit.ng gathers that the lawmakers added local and traditional flavour to the historic bill as many of them wore customised outfits in the shade of leopard skin.

Some of the lawmakers allegedly wore amulets, armbands depicting combat-ready atmosphere, while they unanimously reechoed the whining of the leopard the moment the speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin hit the gavel passing the bill into law.

Local hunters’ chants and songs immediately rented the air of the hallowed chambers with lawmakers congratulating each other for passing the historic bill into law.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a single legal document for the operation of the Amotekun security outfit had been adopted by the six Houses of Assembly in the southwest on Wednesday, February 26, across the region.

Bamidele Oleyelogun, the speaker Ondo state House of Assembly disclosed this information after a meeting with all six attorneys-general from all the states in Ibadan.

Oleyelogun, who also doubled as the chairman of the conference of speakers of southwest states, said the uniformity of the bill would ensure synergy of operation in terms of working relationship, intelligence sharing, training, and others among the Amotekun Corps in the six southwest states.

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In a related development, various groups such as the Oodua People's Congress, the herdsmen group Miyetti Allah, the Christian Association of Nigeria, and Agbekoya Farmers Association have all endorsed Operation Amotekun.

The herdsmen group in Oyo state gave their support for the security outfit during a public hearing of the bill setting it up on Monday, February 24.

Similarly, the Ekiti Ministry of Justice under the directive of Governor Kayode Fayemi will soon begin the translation of the legislation that backs the creation of Amotekun alongside other laws into the Yoruba language for better understanding and interpretation.

Commenting on the readiness of the government to carry out the task, the state's commissioner for justice, Olawale Fapohunda, said that the legislation, known as the Ekiti Security Network Agency bills, has been read at the state Assembly.

Also, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state had on Thursday, January 30, promised that Nigeria would begin to reap reward of the Operation Amotekun very soon.

He made the disclosure during the opening of a three-day annual general conference of Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria, entitled: Enlarge the place of thy tent, at the sacred Cherubim and Seraphim Church general headquarters’ secretariat, Ashi, Orita Bashorun area of Ibadan, the capital of the state.

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Source: Legit.ng