The New Western Security Scheme was launched yesterday in Oyo State to cover the entire region.
Here are six things you need to know:
- Each state donated 20 vehicles each, making 120 Amotekun vehicles. The vehicles would be dispatched to the respective states.
- The headquarters will be at Ibadan, Oyo State.
- The size of the troops would be determined by what each of the six states had capacity for and based on the level of security threat.
- Every state government will fund the troops in its state. It is the capacity of a state that will determine the size of troops it needs.
- The idea behind Operation Amotekun is in a bid to localizing policing
Salary of personnel will not be below the minimum wage. - Their operation will be seamless. If something is happening near the Oyo border, the Ogun Amotekun can cross into Oyo and vice versa.