The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has met with the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, over the controversial South-West security outfit, Operation Amotekun.
Makinde who met with the IGP at the force headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday, also discussed the raging local government crisis in Oyo state with the Police Boss.
Addressing journalists after the meeting, the Governor said, “Everybody is aware of the issue with Amotekun, so we deliberated, we had an agreement in principle to have the governors of the South West to meet with him (IG) to review the situation.
“We are trying to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, so everybody should be law-abiding, ensure that they don’t do anything that would create lawlessness.”
Answering the newsmen on the status of Amotekun, he said, “It is work in progress, we are trying to operationalise it and in doing that, all the relevant stakeholders would have to align.”