Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has announced that his administration has initiated a comprehensive reform of the Amotekun Corps in the state.
Governor Adeleke also emphasised that the reform would strengthen the corps’ role as a bridge between local communities and federal security agencies.
The governor made this known in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed after receiving a delegation from the Ife Development Board at the Government House in Osogbo on Monday.
He said, “My administration is already reforming the state’s Amotekun security service as a bridge between local communities and the federal security services.
“Local vigilante and forest hunters would henceforth be working with Amotekun service and other formal security agencies to secure Osun cities and rural areas.”
While expressing his dissatisfaction with the current state of development in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, the governor revealed plans for significant infrastructure…