A former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Abiodun Aluko, said Amotekun should be allowed to work with the police for a better security of the people in the region.
Aluko said, “Ordinarily, Operation Amotekun was established to complement the efforts of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies because we are under-policed. The policemen and other government security officials around do know the terrain and the culture of the people.
“When we were much younger, the police had people supplying them with information. The police did not have equipment to get to rural area and it is almost like that even now. All over the world, security officials work with information.
“Obviously, the security situation in Nigeria now is more than what the police alone can handle. And the issue of state police has been at the front burner for a long time.
“Governors are the chief security officers but they cannot control the commissioners of police in their various states because the commissioners of police would still need to get approval from the Inspector General of Police.
“Malami doesn’t know the law more than Prof Itse Sagay (SAN); Femi Falana (SAN) and other senior lawyers. So, I don’t agree with him that Amotekun is illegal.
“I believe the police should be made to work with Amotekun. Amotekun is okay but they should not allow it to degenerate to confrontation between the South-West and the Federal Government.”
