Amotekun: Oyetola Cautions Purveyors Of Religious, Political Sentiments

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has warned against the politicization or introduction of religious sentiments into the Amotekun regional security outfit of the Southwest states.

Speaking against the background of claims of selective recruitment along political or religious sentiments, the governor said that no recruitment had been done as to give the insinuation as conveyed.

The governor who spoke through a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan said:

“Amotekun is a collective response by the South West region to the spate of armed banditry, rape, kidnapping, and other violent crimes that suddenly became a pastime in the South West.

“To therefore claim that it is an agenda against a particular faith or adherents of a particular religion is not only preposterous, but also in bad taste.

“Kidnapping, Rape and Armed Banditry have no religion and know no tribe or ethnicity.

“For the records, no recruitment has been carried out so far, especially in our dear State of Osun.

“So, rather than constitute ourselves into opposing a project we all clamoured for in response to existential threats for which some of the governors in the region have been called out and vilified in the past, we should rally support for Amotekun by coming up with strategies to fine-tune it with a view to bridging any communication gap between the Federal Government and the South West Governors over it.

“The State of Osun is committed to protecting its citizens; and every reasonable and responsible Osun indigene must join our collective resolve as a government to protect our citizens and their property.”

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