The South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to the governors in the region to begin recruitment and deployment of personnel of Amotekun, the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed.
In a statement signed by its Zonal Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ayo Fadaka, the party said that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has displayed lack of capacity to end killings, kidnappings and other violent crimes in the country.
PDP also lampooned the Federal Government’s inability to bring to justice rampaging killer-herdsmen attacking people across the country.
It said it then behooves the governors to deploy Amotekun personnel across the nooks and crannies of the region to prevent such crimes in the region.
The party hailed the six governors in the region – Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) – for launching the security outfit.
PDP said, “It is time that the Amotekun initiative was pushed to its next level of operation through recruitment and deployment of personnel through the nooks and crannies of the Southwest.
“We state this after taking due cognisance of a statement by the Miyetti Allah, the herders’ trade union taking responsibilities for the recent genocide in Plateau State, and further claiming that the entire nation is their possession. That statement is absolutely irresponsible and capable of inciting untoward responses from other sections of the country.
“We continue to remain perturbed that in spite of so many acceptances of responsibilities for genocidal actions by Miyetti Allah, President Buhari’s government continues to fail in bringing these criminals to justice.
“We, however, wish to educate the group that the Southwest and even slightly beyond, belongs to the Yoruba and no group or people can dispossess us of our heritage. This is supported by history.
“We also call on the proper Fulani leaders to begin to speak out against the actions of these characters in the interest of our nation.”
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