The six Houses of Assembly in the South West will jointly adopt a single legal document which will make the practice and operation of Amotekun security outfit uniform across the region.
The Chairman, Conference of Speakers of South West States, Hon Oleyelogun Bamidele David gave the indication at a meeting of the conference held in Ibadan on Wednesday night.
Hon Oleyelogun said the uniformity of the bill would ensure a synergy of operation interms of working relationship, intelligence sharing, training and others among the Amotekun corps across the six states for effective security operation and management.
The Chairman explained that the conference would not rest until an acceptable law which will give full legal backing to the security outfit is passed .
The meeting provided opportunity for the South West Speakers to meet with States Attorneys General on observations, suggestions and conflicting areas identified during the public hearings conducted by each state.
There were clause by clause deliberation of the various suggestions observations and conflicting areas and points raised at the public hearing.
This is aimed at harmonizing the different suggestions, observations , reservations among others into the proposed Law.
The meeting was attended by Oyo Speaker-Hon Adebo Ogundoyin, Hon Timothy Owoeye-Osun , Hon Bamidele David Oleyelogun- Ondo , Hon Mudashiru Obasa- Lagos , Hon Funminiyi Afuye and Hon Olakunle Oluomo.
The Speaker, Oyo state House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin said that for the first time the South West Governors are determined to tackle insecurity in the region hence the painstaking resolve to set up a security outfit that will be properly regulated and generally accepted inline with the best practices.
Aside from Attorneys General, the meeting also had in attendance Majority Leaders , Clerks of the six states Houses of Assembly, Directors of Legal Departments and Chairmen House Committees on Security among other functionaries of the legislatures in the region.
Recall that a public hearing on the Amotekun bill was held simultaneously in all the six states on Monday, 24th February, 2020.
