I support establishment of Operation Amotekun - Shina Peller

Shina Peller, a lawmaker in the Federal House of Representatives, has shown support for Operation Amotekun, a security outfit established by leaders in the Southwest region of Nigeria.

In an interview with HipTV, the lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa and Kajola federal constituency, revealed the need to empower local security outfits.

According to Shina Peller, local security outfits will help compliment efforts by mainstream security outfits.

“I have always been a supporter of community policing and I am also even working presently on a bill that I would like to sponsor on setting up some sorts of wards security cadres system because I understand the importance of information gathering in any investigation,” he said.

“And I believe that the main obligation of Amotekun is to gather information, to provide first hand information, to the mainstream security system in a situation where there is a security challenge. Lets use a simple and layman’s idea of a security system in a place: your home. I don’t believe that there is anybody that knows the security of your house more than you.

“Even if they bring a soldier or police to come and guard your house. As the owner of the house who has been living there, if an armed criminal is coming into your house, you know how to handle it because it is your terrain.

“That is one thing we need to understand in this country. To understand the importance of having our local indigenous security system equipped enough to be able to provide first hand information for the mainstream security system whenever there is an important security issue.”

This comes barely 24hrs after APC chieftain Asiwaju Bola Tinubu broke silence on the controversies surrounding the establishment of Operation Amotekun.