Gov Sanwo-Olu ”Snubs” Launch Of Southwest Security Outfit, Amotekun For Teacher Training Event

Charles Oyelesi

Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu did not attend the much-publicized launch of the southwest security outfit known as Amotekun.

The launch took place in Ibadan, Oyo state today – Thursday, January 2020.
Amotekun is the security outfit conceived and birthed by the governors of the six states in the Southwest region to tackle challenges of insecurity including kidnapping and banditry in the region.

Governors are to fund the operations of the security outfit in their respective states but operatives are allowed to operate in any area in the region.

After much hype and slant given to the extraordinary harmony amongst the southwest governors that birthed the security initiative, attendance at the event tells another story.

”Especially with tales about town that other factors have started putting asunder amongst the governors” societynow.ng learned.

Three governors were conspicuously absent and they are Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos state), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun state ) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun state).

Sanwo-Olu’s image handlers released a press material – and visuals – that showed the Governor of Lagos state preferred to attend the ”on-going teachers training tagged: ”EKO EXCEL” (Excellence In Child Education And Learning) in his state than the launch of the security outfit in Oyo state.

The ”Eko Excel” event held at CMS school complex, Ilaje, Bariga, Lagos state.