Governors of the six Southwest states will meet with police chiefs on Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s inauguration of Amotekun, the region’s security outfit.
Operation Amotekun is primed to curb armed banditry, kidnapping for ransom and other forms of criminality.
The meeting is scheduled for Ibadan where the security outfit will be unveiled, It was learnt last night.
It was also gathered, that all the equipment, including operational vehicles, motorcycles and communication gadgets would have been moved from the states to Ibadan before the meeting that will be presided over by Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akedolu, who is chairman of Southwest Governors’ Forum.
The Ondo state governor is expected back from a trip abroad before the meeting.
Expected at the meeting are Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Babjide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos).
The meeting is to allow the governors and the police chiefs to finalise how the outfit will operate for proper understanding before the launch.