OSBC Osun State Broadcasting Corporation
The Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will meet with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd,), to discuss the details of the Operation Amotekun security initiative being championed by South-West Governors.
A reliable presidency source on Monday 3rd February 2020 said the governor of Ondo state had secured an appointment to meet with the President to explain the issue to him.
However, the source said, “The governor has an appointment to meet with Mr President on the Amotekun issue tomorrow (Tuesday) 4th February 2020”.
However, the Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Mr Donald Ojogo, said, “I am hearing this from you. I just left a meeting with my governor and there was nothing like that. So, I don’t know where this is coming from.”
However, Recalling that the Ondo State governor, had on Friday, January 24, 2020 told reporters in Abuja that he and his colleagues would meet with the President to explain the Amotekun to him.
This followed the pronouncement by the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, declaring the Amotekun initiative illegal.
An earlier meeting had to be rescheduled because the date of the meeting coincided with the period of the President’s official trip to the United Kingdom.