Governor Rotimi Akeredolu says the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Operation Amotekun , will not be subsumed under the community policing arrangement of the Nigeria Police Force .
He also insisted that governors would not pay community policemen .
Before now, states across the country had clamoured for independent police systems to tackle peculiar security challenges in their localities .
Earlier in the year, six states in the South-West region came together to form a regional security operation code -named Operation Amotekun , which has since been backed by law in the respective states.
Akeredolu had on August 11 inaugurated Operation Amotekun in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
But with the approval of N 13 . 3bn by the Federal Government for the take -off of the community policing initiative across the country , the Deputy Inspector -General of Police in charge of Research and Planning , Adeleye Oyebade , said on Tuesday that all other security arrangements in the country would fall under the community policing set -up of the federal government .
“ I am going to tell you straight away . By the time the community policing strategy and implementation come fully into operation , everybody will follow suit. Everybody will join us and follow what we are preaching and what we practice, ” Oyebade said.
Responding Wednesday on Channels Television ’ s programme , Sunrise Daily , Akeredolu said , “ It will never be accepted , it is not our thinking . We have a law that sets this up. If the DIG feels otherwise, there is always a place for us to ventilate it. We are not afraid of this. The law said Amotekun will operate under its own law ; it is not going to be subsumed under any setup . No.
“ We will not collapse Amotekun for community policing. It will stand on its own. There is no intimidation . We are not people that can be intimidated that the IG will give orders to. We will not. Amotekun is different . Community policing is different . If the IG does not understand , he will leave one day and other people will understand .
“ We will work together , it is collaboration, not that it will be subsumed. The law is there and if anybody finds a fault in that law , we can go to court and ventilate whatever position in it. The DIG is totally wrong , Amotekun will not be subsumed under the community policing . ”
On the use of arms by Amotekun corps, Akeredolu noted, “ We are trying to make a case but we ’ ve not yet agreed as to what should be with the issue of ammunition. For now , we allow Amotekun ( corps ) to carry non -prohibited ammunition . There are some ammunition that are non -prohibited . But we know it can look suicidal trying to confront these criminals with non -prohibited ammunition but we are looking at other means .
“ These are disciplined people and if they carry arms, it will be for protection. We will keep having this discussion with the police and at the national level . But if the Nigerian Police find it difficult to prevent herders who carry weapons with their cows, some of them have prohibited arms like AK -47 and you have not been able to prevent that. So, now, what stops disciplined people like Amotekun ( operatives ) to carry arms for protection ? At least when civil defence started, they were not carrying arms , they didn’ t allow them carry arms but a case was made and they now carry arms. We will continue to discuss this . ”
Akeredolu also countered the DIG who said the governors would be responsible for the salaries of community policemen .
He said , “ I am sure that they are taking this thing too far . Governors will have to pay ? We have discussed this thing before and we told them it is not going to possible . Are you increasing their allocations? Which state governor will accept that? Other states might say , ‘ Yes, we will pay ’ , but we will not pay .
“ Let ’ s be fair to ourselves , we are running a federal system . Where is that money going to come from when we are struggling to pay salaries ? Nobody has ever come to us to say we will pay salaries anyway and if they come , we will write to say , no , we don ’ t have extra money to do that. ”
The governor further explained the need for multi -level policing to effectively confront the security challenges of the country.
He added , “ No state takes pride in insecurity and the governors will be committed to that because most governors are elected to secure the lives and property within their domain. So, which state will now have the police of its own and not deploy it to good use.
“ Multi-level policing is the best for this country. I am one of those who believe we cannot have a central police and the security will continue to suffer until we devolve multi-level policing.
“ Maybe people are afraid that the governors will take charge of it. No, the governors will not be the ones who will be solely responsible for state police. It will be a police council at the state level, the composition will be spelled -out and people will be there by the virtue of their offices . So, it is not going to be a command that will be headed by a governor but by the functionality of the state police council. State police cannot be answerable to the governor . ”
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Nice one Aketi

They've got Amotekun already set up in the South West, but it appears the FG intends to collapse all of that to it's community police agenda...the South West governors have detected this intention and won't want their security outfit to sink out of their control...there isn't any synergy among leaders and their plans for Nigerians, that's why things fail easily.

Leopards or cheetah, the street will tell.

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mamotalk:
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu says the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Operation Amotekun , will not be subsumed under the community policing arrangement of the Nigeria Police Force .

He also insisted that governors would not pay community policemen .

the Deputy Inspector -General of Police in charge of Research and Planning , Adeleye Oyebade , said on Tuesday that all other security arrangements in the country would fall under the community policing set -up of the federal government .

https://punchng.com/govs-will-not-pay-community-policemen-akeredolu-replies-dig/

government want to regulate policing in the South but turns blind eyes to the Sharia policing in the North

Federal community policing What's then the difference between this and the existing policing

Allow each state government to map out how they want their community police to be!!!

People have been clamouring for this for long but the Federal Government kept mum now that they have kick started with laws backing them, FG is now reacting

So what will now happen to the lawful Amotekun So state government will pay Amotekun and pay community policing

Government of confusion!!!

Regulate hisbah !!!

They'll readily pass costs to states but won't allow state police. Nonsense. You can't eat your cake and have it

Only Aketi always summon courage to tackle them
Note he has also innaugrated amotekun
4+4

Oya fake yorubas on nairaland, come and abuse aketi o
Awon omo ale gbogbo

FG have to give states more money and the FG should take their hands off most things sef

This is the way to go...! Yeye people...!

The HausaFulanisKanuri Muslims North never liked Amotekun in the South. Even though we know that only state police can check Fulani Herdsmen terrorists that littered the landscape of Southern regions.

Community police na Scam to checkmate any meaningful effort of securing lives and properties of Middle belt and Southern states...!

Ok

The useless FG didn't think of community policemen until Amotekun was launched.

As we speak there are various communities in Katsina and Kaduna that are open to
bandit attacks. One would have expected Buhari to flood those places with community
police but he is more interested in forcing them on states that don't want them.

Community police are actually community saboteurs created to undermine local
secuirty and protect foreign criminals.

No one should cooperate with them.

No going back, the so called IG can go and commit suicide.