The Western Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard) is to be launched today.
OYOINSIGHT.COM recalls that all the South-West governors agreed to set up the security outfit at a summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria last year.
The summit, which was attended by the governors, traditional rulers and other stakeholders in the South-West, was convened following serial killings and kidnapping in the zone by Fulani herdsmen.
Below are some of the things you need to know about the security outfit.
• Each state donated 20 vehicles each, making 120 Amotekun vehicles. The vehicles would be dispatched to the respective states.
• The headquarters will be at Ibadan, Oyo State.
• The Operational base will be in Gbongan, Osun State.
• The size of the troops would be determined by what each of the six states had capacity for and based on the level of security threat.
• Every state government will fund the troops in its state. It is the capacity of a state that will determine the size of troops it needs.
• The idea behind Operation Amotekun is in a bid to localizing policing
• Salary of personnel will not be below the minimum wage.
• Their operation will be seamless. If something is happening near the Oyo border, the Ogun Amotekun can cross into Oyo and vice versa.
