Fresh Questions Emerge After Shocking Revelation About State Security Outfit

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The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed concern over reports that more than 200 operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun, have been lost in the state.

The opposition party made its position known in a statement released on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Sadare.

According to reports, Governor Seyi Makinde recently disclosed that the state had lost over 200 personnel serving in the Amotekun Corps.

Reacting to the development, the APC called on the governor to provide a detailed explanation regarding the circumstances surrounding the reported losses.

The party stated that such clarification would help ensure adequate protection for security operatives and other law-abiding residents across the state.

APC also frowned at the alleged deployment of Amotekun personnel to guard private hotels, business premises, and properties owned by individuals.

It maintained that operatives should be assigned duties that align strictly with the objectives for which the security outfit was established.

The party further recommended that members of the corps be adequately trained, retrained, and equipped with the tools required to perform their duties effectively.

“For Oyo to have recorded such a high number of fatalities among its security team, it indicates that crime rates in the state has reached the crescendo while the state government covers up a whole lot of things.

“The revelation by the governor also raises a lot of questions regarding the condition of service in the Amotekun Corps Service. From our own discreet investigations, we found that Gov. Makinde has failed to work a synergy between the Corps and the federal security agencies on account of needless ego and cluelessness.

“Meanwhile, it is important for Gov. Makinde to involve relevant security experts in the fight against crime in the state.

“The practice whereby Amotekun Corps members are being deployed to man hotels, properties and business facilities belonging to friends and political associates of the governor should be stopped while only competent hands should be recruited even as training, retraining and good welfare packages must be put in place for the officials for them to operate under minimum risk and high motivation,” the statement said.

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