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The Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday met with the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed in Abuja over Amotekun and controversy surrounding the sack and resumption of Oyo State Local Government Chairmen.
Penpushing reports that, Makinde made this known while speaking with Journalists at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), declaring that his administration would not condone violence in the State, adding that he came to brief the police boss on the two development
“We are here basically to discuss two things. You all must have heard about the issue of local government administration in Oyo State. There is a court order yesterday restraining the IG, the CP, the AIG from giving unilateral order regarding the issue of local government administration in Oyo State”
“I came to brief the Inspector General that this is the situation. We do not want chaos in Oyo State. I personally, am law-abiding; if there is a court judgement, I would obey it and he has given me the assurance that once he gets the copy of the court order, he would do the needful.
“Secondly, everybody is aware of the issue with Amotekun; we deliberated on it and we had an agreement in principle to have the governors of the South-West meet with him to review the situation. Amotekun is work in progress, we are trying to operationalise it and in doing that, all the relevant stakeholders would have to align.
“We are trying to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, so everybody should be law-abiding, ensure that they don’t do anything that would create lawlessness.”’Makinde said
The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary , Taiwo Adisa, which was made available to journalists , noted that Makinde declared that his administration “does not want chaos in Oyo State’, adding that he would obey the judgment of the court once the pending appeals on the local government dissolution in the state are decided.
Penpushing further reports that, he stated that as a law-abiding individual, he was ready to work with others to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, and urged residents to be law-abiding and ensuring that they don’t do anything that would create lawlessness.
The Governor disclosed that the South-West Governors will soon meet as a body with the Inspector General of Police to review the situation on Amotekun, the security network in the zone initiated by them..
