Insecurity: Ogun PDP berates Gov Abiodun over delay in inaugurating Amotekun Corps

The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come hard on Governor Dapo Abiodun, over his refusal to inaugurate the Amotekun Corps in the State.

The PDP said it is curious to know whether “Ogun is no more a part of the South West States as the State government, led by Gov Abiodun has refused to inaugurate the State Chapter of Amotekun to combat the rising security challenges in the State.”

In February, Governor Dapo Abiodun forwarded the bill, titled, “HB No 35/OG/2020- “A Bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps to Assist in Maintaining Law and Order in the State and Connected Purposes,” to the State House of Assembly.

On March 3, barely 19 days after the bill was sent to the lawmakers, it was passed into a law by the House of Assembly.

Since then, nothing more has been heard of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun State.

Reacting in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Monday, the PDP said it was much disturbed by what it called “the uninspiring attitude of the Abiodun government in the state to leverage on the opportunities provided by the widely accepted Amotekun Corps as a formidable security initiative, as seen in other states.”

The Ogun PDP, according to its Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, said “it is most ridiculous that while its counterparts in other states across the South West geopolitical zones are marching steadily in addressing security challenges in their respective states with the inauguration of the very laudable Amotekun security agency, the Ogun State government has kept running government on the social media – mainly Facebook and Twitter.”

The statement reads in part:

“We are quite aware of the significant presence of Neighborhood Watch, a local security agency operating in Lagos State, we also know that recently Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and indeed, Osun states have just inaugurated Amotekun boards in order to supplant the unending challenges of threats to lives and properties in their respective states, but unfortunately, the Ogun State Government has been less concerned about the welfare of its citizens.