MORE Houses of Assembly in the Southwest on Wednesday got the drafts of the Bill on Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun.
The drafts were transmitted by the executive arms in Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti states for legistive works and passage.
The Osun State government, on Tuesday, sent the e-version of the bill to Speaker Sunday Owoeye, who promised that the memo would be given expedition consideration.
The Ondo State Executive Council approved the bill of the State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps at its meeting yesterday.
It was learnt that the Council, in an exhaustive session, considered every detail of the Bill that was presented by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kola Olawoye (SAN.)
The bill has six parts and 44 sections.
“It is also gratifying to disclose that every apprehension or fears expressed have been adequately looked into,” Olawoye said.
According the bill, royal fathers will have roles to play in the operations of the security outfit pursuant to its passage into law by the State Assembly.
It said: “The government finds it pertinent to reiterate that this laudable initiative is aimed at complimenting the efforts of the nation’s security agencies. It is also necessary to encourage the good people of Ondo State to take maximum advantage of this opportunity.”
The Ogun State Exco also approved the proposal for the creation of the State Security Network Agency during a meeting that lasted several hours on Tuesday.
Governor Dapo Abiodun recounted the attack unleashed on the All Progressives Congress (APC) members when he was presented with the flag to fly the party’s ticket on February 11, last year.
He blamed the attack on those opposed to him being the APC candidate.
They pelted leaders of the party in Abeokuta, including President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The governor, however, said he had forgiven those who visited violence on the party’s leaders and supporters.
Abiodun said he holds no grudge against anyone that played a part in the incident that happened on “a day where the highest level of political intolerance on the the country was witnessed”.
The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Adegbolahan Adeniran, said the presentation of the bill before the Exco followed the earlier approval by the Attorney-Generals and Commissioners of Justice of the six Southwest states.
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