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General News of Thursday, 27 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Police should supervise Amotekun, Shege Ka Fasa - Ohanaeze

Ohanaeze Ndgibo Ohanaeze Ndgibo

The Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barrister Uche Okwukwu has said that regional security outfits like Amotekun and Shege Ka Fasa should be supervised by the Nigerian Police Force.

Amotekun was launched in January by the six Southwest Governors while Shege Ka Fasa was established in the North by a Coalition of Nothern Groups, CNG, to help battle crime in their regions.

Okwukwu who spoke to Daily Post called for the supervision of the security outfits to avoid the abuse of power by the operatives.

He said: “I’m not against any structure that would protect lives and property but my fear is abuse, therefore, there must be a mechanism where the supervisory agency will be the police.

“If you arrest somebody for a crime, you hand him over to the police or other security agencies.

“So if Amotekun and other security outfits make arrest they should handover the person to the police for proper investigation and if those arrested are culpable, they should be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.

“We oppose a victim being interrogated, investigated and profiled by a person without the expected expertise, the police have the required expertise to separate those who have committed crime from those who have not before charging them to court. The supervising agency of all these security outfits should be the police.”

He also spoke against the idea that the creation of the different outfits would lead to the breakup of Nigeria. According to him, Nigeria cannot breakup because of the development because oil is the unifying factor in the country.

“Nothing would break up this country, the index, for now, does not show that anybody wants to leave the country for now.

“The unifying factor, for now, is that the economy of the country is driven by oil, the Southwest, South-South, North Central and all regions depend on oil so nobody is breaking up the country,” he added.