Amotekun: Political group drums support for southwest governors

Different political groups in Ondo State have thrown their weights behind the establishment of Amotekun by southwest governors to fight insecurity .

The group under the auspices of Ondo State Coalition 2020 identified with the Operation Amotekun and appreciated the initiative of the Southwest governors in setting up the security outfit.

The Interim Chairman of the Group, Prince Bamiduro Dada who spoke at the inaugural meeting of the Coalition commended the initiative of the governors at fighting crimes including kidnapping, herdsmen/farmers clashes and armed robbery that have pervaded the region in recent times.

The group berated previous administrations in the state over their inability to provide social ammenities for the people of the state.

It lamented that despite the amount of Funds coming to the state from the federation allocations,  the people have remained in poverty while there is infrastructural deficit in all the Local Governments area of ondo State.

The group which comprises former political office holders, technocrats, artisans and businessmen drawn  from all the 18 local governments promised to search for credible candidate to pilot the affairs of the state in the forthcoming governorship election.

In a communique read by former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Princess Jumoke Akindele and former Chairman of the State Football Agency(ODSFA), Mr Akin Akinbobola, the group said they would mobilise against vote buying in the next election.

They said the incident of vote buying has made governments to be irresponsible to the yearnings of the people.

They promised to work with any credible candidate irrespective of political parties to deliver good governance and development of the state.

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