The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that the people who are of the opinion that restructuring is about secession are wrong.
Akeredolu said Nigeria’s security architecture needs restructuring, adding that the country itself must be restructured to show true federalism.
He said this yesterday when he received members of the Pan-Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Afenifere, who hailed him on the creation of the Western Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps.
Akeredolu said, “Thank you for noting our efforts on the security of the state. You have captured it succinctly in a way that you can’t put it better. We met with a lot of forces and it was not easy and it is still not easy. When you are forced into a corner where you have a security outfit without the right to carry the right arms, but we thank God that in all of Amotekun’s efforts, we have not suffered any casualty. Amotekun is going to be a forerunner for state police. We believe that our security architecture needs total restructuring. There must be a multi-level system of policing. This is where I believe part of the issue of restructuring lies. People, who thought restructuring is about secession, are wrong. We must restructure fiscal policy. We must restructure to show true federalism. President Muhammadu Buhari has done a few things on restructuring more than any President. But we are still clamouring for more”.