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Amotekun: Only criminals, With Hidden Agenda Are Jittery

A security expert, Dr Kazeem Idowu, has berated antagonists of the security arrangement in the South West, tagged: ‘South West Security Network ( Operation Amotekun), insisting that only criminally-minded people would criticize such initiative.

Idowu opined that the present security challenges in Nigeria should ordinarily elicit proactive measures and creative steps from any serious government towards curtailing the menace before becoming endemic.

The security expert , in a press statement he sent to NAN on Friday, argued that the only way insecurity could be effectively tackled in Nigeria is through organized community policing system such as ” Operation Amotekun”.

FG Jittery As Number Of Whistleblowers Drop

The Federal Government on Thursday expressed worry over the diminishing number of whistleblowers, persons willing to divulge information on looted funds and other corrupt practices.

The matter is worsened by the fact that the whistleblowers are no longer comfortable to blow the cover of corrupt persons since the new arrangement requires them to fill forms to document their claims.

The Permanent Secretary Special Duty in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Head, Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), Mr Mohammed Dikwa made the revelations on Thursday in Abuja at a workshop to discuss the draft bill …