A former chairman of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, Brig.-Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.), has alleged that officials of the security outfit did not receive proper training.
According to the Saki-born former director of military intelligence, said what they called training was a hogwash.
Speaking in an interview with The Punch, the former deputy director-general of the State Security Service revealed that the law establishing Amotekun states that recruitment is to be done by the board. “Even discipline within Amotekun is to be handled by the board. But the Commandant is doing everything.”
He said officials were camped for about three weeks at St. Andrew’s College, Oyo. “They had no proper training. What they had was a hogwash training. Those who participated in the Passing Out Parade were merely rehearsed for the parade. They did not attend lectures. Those who attended the lectures wondered whether they were actually being trained or simply on an excursion. They do not have enough training to fight. What do they know about patrol? What do they know about ambush? They were not trained. For Amotekun to work, we have to purge the personnel and ensure the removal of undesirable elements. Then we can focus on the others.
