NANS presidential hopeful, Asefon commends South West leadership over Operation Amotekun, tasks government on growth and development within the region

Comrade Asefon Sunday, the leading presidential candidate of the apex students movement in Nigeria and diaspora, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has commended the governors, traditional institutions and stakeholders in the South West region for taking the bold steps to quench the ravaging victimization of farmers, rape, kidnapping, killing of innocent souls, armed robbery and other forms of criminality which peaked in the region in the last few years. The lunch of Operation Amotekun provides a timely intervention to further combat the multidimensional security challenges facing the region.

While addressing newsmen, Asefon Sunday, warned the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) not to betray the trust repose in them by the region on the core mandate of the outfit.

Asefon who was physically present in Ibadan during the inauguration of the security outfit by the governors of the South West region, underlined the importance of regional collaboration in the fight against crime and encouraged the governors of the region to also collaborate on economic initiatives that will put the region at the fore front of growth and development. He also encouraged the governors to collaborate on policies and programmes in order to attract private investments into the region to help militate against unemployment and youth idleness which in most cases resulting in high rate of crime.

Operation Amotekun’, the outfit is a product of the security summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission on behalf of the six governors in June and was unfolded by the governors in the South West region to compliment the efforts of the Nigeria Police in tackling security challenges in the region

Asefon charged the  governors in the region not to use the outfit to oppress the citizens and also encouraged the residents of the region to work together for the success of the security outfit.

He promised that NANS will collaborate with the outfit and other security outfits in maintaining peace and intelligence gathering within the region and Nigeria at large.