Amotekun: Northern Governors Working on Similar Outfit, Says Lalong

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State yesterday said the 19 Northern states have gone far in their efforts to introduce community policing in the region.

Lalong spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the

Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Responding to questions on the new security outfit of the South-West, tagged ‘Amotekun’, Lalong said the North had made serious arrangements on community policing.

“When you talk about North Central, I am the

Chairman of Northern Governors Forum; I think we have taken a decision sometimes last year; when this issue came, you understand, at one time, I met the president; and we told him what we are doing.

“We set up committees and the committees have worked very hard; we started our meetings even from the North-West; we had a meeting in Katsina; we are going back to have another meeting in the North-Central.

“The situation in the South may not be the same in the North but in the North, we are also looking at some ways we will also address these issues.

“So, we have gone ahead to put in committees and those committees have done their work and we are now expecting to have a meeting to address the issues and look at ways of addressing these issues once and for all.

“Two, in the North, we have also agreed to key into community policing; at the level of the committee, they are already very far; each state is already neck-deep in respect to community policing; the one in the South, I have not read the document.’’