Ekiti Assembly Passes Amotekun Bill into Law

Ekiti State House of Assembly, yesterday, held a special session to pass the Ekiti State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun bill into law.

The assembly, whose members were supposed to observe constituency visit yesterday, shelved the legislative duty to hold the special sitting to pass the bill speedily.

The bill passed through the first and second readings during an extensive deliberation on the floor of the House, on Thursday, after the draft bill was transmitted by Governor Kayode Fayemi to the House.

Subsequently, it was committed to the Committee of the House on Security and Special Duties, headed by lawmaker representing Ekiti East Constituency II, Hon. Lateef Akanle, who conducted a public hearing attended by traditional rulers, farmers, driver unions, and other stakeholders , on Thursday evening.

At yesterday's proceeding, Akanle read the outcome of the public hearing at the plennary, which included that section 5 (I) of the Security Network Bill the governing board should be headed by a retired law enforcement agent, who should be a man of proven integrity or equivalent in the Nigerian Army not below the rank of Major General.

Exuding confidence that the governor will be thorough with the implementation after assent, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, said: "we can be rest assured that the implementation will be thorough, because we have not passed this bill in vain.

"You don't need to preach to the converts. We have a governor who is an Amotekun himself and we have not passed the bill in vain, so you can be rest assured that the law will be accorded speedy assent by the governor," he said.