{"id":20576,"date":"2020-01-27T15:44:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20576"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:44:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:44:47","slug":"recruitment-for-amotekun-security-outfit-begins-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/recruitment-for-amotekun-security-outfit-begins-soon","title":{"rendered":"Recruitment for Amotekun security outfit begins soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu arrangements have been concluded to start recruitment into the Western Nigeria Security Network(WNSN) \u2018Operation Amotekun\u2019 in the six Southwest States.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor said those willing to work in the new security outfit would be trained by certified security experts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Akeredolu\u2019s Special Adviser on security, Mr Jimoh Dojumo at a Press Conference in Akure, the state capital, the Governors are working on modalities for recruitment into the security outfit and the date it will commence.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was organised by a group,Democratic Peace Movement (DPM) to drum support for the second term of governor Akeredolu in office.<\/p>\n<p>He however said security issue is not what could be revealed in the media.<\/p>\n<p>According to him\u201d You keep certain things in order to achieve your desired results. I won\u2019t reveal our modalties but I will simply tell you that we are working round the clock for the commencement of Operation Amotekun.<\/p>\n<p>Akeredolu enthused that Amotekun has come to stay, adding that they are not usurping the power of police on the issue of the security outfit,adding that due consultations were made before the launch of the security outfit.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu was personally and officially carried along in all the processes that led to the launch of the security outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu arrangements have been concluded to start recruitment into the Western Nigeria Security Network(WNSN) \u2018Operation Amotekun\u2019 in the six Southwest States. The Governor said those willing to work in the new security outfit would be trained by certified security experts. 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