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Published 3 January 2021
Chief Adetunji Adeleye, a retired Deputy Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, is the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun. In this interview with PETER DADA, he speaks about the task before the new security outfit
How
has Amotekun been faring since its creation?
So far, I make bold to say that we’ve improved the security situation of the state from what it was in the last two months, especially in the area of bringing sanity against the backdrop of the incessant quarrels between farmers and herdsmen, kidnappings and armed robberies. I think the situation is a lot better. You’ll recall that about two months ago, within one week, we recorded over 15 robbery cases in Akure, the state capital, which had not happened before in the state. We appealed to the state government to impose a ban on the use of motorcycles at night and the go
A former Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Roland Owie, on Wednesday advised the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), not to
2023: Why Tinubu should drop presidential ambition –Ex-Senator Owie
Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin
A former Chief Whip of the Senate, Roland Owie, on Wednesday, appealed to former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to jettison his 2023 presidential ambition.
Owie argued that it would be the turn of the South-East, to produce the next president if the APC zones the position to the South.
He said, “Bola Tinubu is my friend, but the truth is that where there is no justice, there will not be peace. Zoning started in 1999 and to God be the glory, it started from the South-West and Obasanjo took it and the PDP won.