Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has ratified the appointment of members of the governing board of Ekiti Security Network Agency popularly known as Amotekun Corps.
The governor said in a statement on Sunday by his spokesman, Yinka Oyebode, that the appointments will ensure “effective take-off and efficient management” of the Amotekun in Ekiti.
According to the statement, the governor named Akin Aregbesola as chairman of the security outfit.
Fayemi’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (rtd) will serve as the corps’ commander.
Other appointees to the board as members are B. J. Akin-Obasola, Joel Ajayi and Major Fatai Fakorede (rtd).
The governor also approved the appointment of Justice Cornelius Akintayo (rtd) as chairman of what is to be known as Independent Amotekun Complaints Board.
The statement said that all the appointments took immediate effect.
Fayemi had in March 2020 signed the Amotekun bill into law, warning criminals to stay away from the state.
While assenting to the bill, he restated his stance that the Amotekun outfit was not a substitute for existing security agencies.
He said Amotekun is a complementary agency that would enhance and sustain the existing security architecture in the entire Southwest region of the country.
Fayemi also said the Amotekun corps, in collaboration with similar security agencies in other states, would cooperate with, and assist security agencies in gathering information about crime, arrest and prosecution of persons suspected or involved in crimes.
He highlighted such crimes to include kidnapping, terrorism, cattle rustling, cultism, highway robbery, illegal mining, trespass to farmland, illegal logging and other nefarious activities in the state and the southwest zone.
