The Security Network Agency of South-Western states have submitted bills to their respective Houses of Assembly, seeking to establish Amotekun security outfit in the region.
The bill states that any person who willfully hinders, delays, obstructs or assaults a member of the Amotekun Corps in the course of the exercise of his lawful duties under this law shall be guilty of an offence.
It also noted that the person(s) will be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of one month or to a fine not exceeding N250,000 only or to both such fine and imprisonment.
It, however, said that an Amotekun officer cannot be sued for whatever he does in the course of duty but only what he does in his personal capacity.
The bill further states that the security organization must be headed by a retired law enforcement agent who is not lower than the rank of major or its equivalent in any other agency.
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Section 14 reads in part, “There shall be appointed by the governor, a corps commander for the agency, who shall be a retired law enforcement officer or military officer not below the rank of a major or its equivalent in other security services.
“The corps commander shall be a person with at least 10 years cognate experience in security matters; (b) be responsible for the day-to-day running of the affairs of the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps and implementation of the decisions of the board; (c) hold meetings with his counterparts in other states, particularly Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Osun and Oyo states on a quarterly basis or as may be collectively determined by the corps commanders in those dates.”
The bill further provides for the establishment of an Amotekun board which is expected to meet not less than four times a year.
The bill will comprise of the Commissioner of Police in the state and representatives of other military representatives.
Section 6 reads in part, that there is established for the agency a governing board (referred to in this law as the board).
The board shall comprise a chairman, who shall be a person of proven integrity with experience in security matters and shall be a retired law enforcement or military officer not below the rank of a major or its equivalent in the other security services.
It also listed the commissioner of police in the state or his/her representative; one member representing the different services of the Armed Forces of Nigeria operating in the state; the state commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in the State or his/her representative; the Executive Secretary, Ekiti State Security Trust Fund or his/her representative.
Others include one representative each of the Community Development Association drawn from the three senatorial zones the state; the Chairman, Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers or his representative; the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps Commander.
