03 Mar 2020 Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo Assemblies Pass Amotekun Bill

The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps.

The Majority Leader, Mr Yusuf Sherif,  had presented the report of the Committee on Security and Strategy during plenary in Abeokuta.

Sherif stated that the committee recommended that the bill be passed as approved by the Conference of Speakers of South West Legislature.

The majority leader moved the motion for the adoption of the report and it was  seconded by Musefiu Lamidi  a member of the House.

The motion was also supported by the whole House.

Sherif thereafter moved the motion for the third reading of the bill and this was seconded by Sola Adams.

The clerk of the house, Mr Deji Adeyemo,  read the bill for the third time while the Speaker, Mr Olakunle Oluomo, ordered that a clean copy of the bill be forwarded to Gov. Dapo Abiodun for his assent.

The lawmaker stated that Amotekun would curb criminal activities such as kidnapping, robbery, cultism and terrorism.

OSUN:

Also, the Osun House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Establishment Bill 2020 after it was read for the third time.

The Amotekun bill was presented to the Osun Assembly on Feb. 27 where it passed the first reading.

Subsequently, a public hearing was held by the Osun Assembly on Feb. 24 to inject stakeholders contributions and suggestions into the bill.

The Osun Assembly, during its plenary on Monday, read and passed the bill for second reading and the House dissolved into a Committee of the Whole where grey areas in the bill were treated and a final draft of the bill adopted.

The Speaker, invoking order 87 rule 1 and 2 of the House, on Tuesday recommitted the bill back to the Committee of the Whole where the lawmakers further deliberated, amended and injected new suggestions into it.

The new amendments made to the bill were later adopted and it was read for the third time and unanimously passed by the lawmakers.

ONDO:

In the same vein, the Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for a law to establish the State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill.

The Assembly on Feb. 18 deliberated on the bill and committed it to the House Committee on Security Matters after scaling through first and second reading and had its public hearing on Feb. 24.

Speaking on the recommendations of the bill, Begudu said that the security agency would have a board to be administered by a chairman to be appointed by the governor.

The Speaker of the house, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, on his part, described the passage of the bill as remarkable.

Oleyelogun, who wore Amotekun traditional attire, said that the bill if assented to by the governor would reduce crime in the state.

OYO:

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) Bill, 2020 into law.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill was read for the third time and subsequently passed.

The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, said the passage of the bill into law would help promote security for the people of the State.

”There is excitement knowing that this bill is the beginning of intense and comprehensive security for Oyo State and the South West region as a whole.