Oil facilities not important than lives, Akeredolu tells FG
Tamarauemi Ebimini
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has appealed to the Federal Government to allow men of the Amotekun Corps to carry sophisticated weapons to protect lives.
Akeredolu said oil pipelines, which non-state actors were engaged to protect with heavy weapons, were not more important like humans.
Akeredolu spoke in Akure while inaugurating the newly reconstructed office complex of the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC).
The Ondo Governor vowed to continue to take the bull by the horn to protect the people of the state.
He said: “Most of the people and even some of my colleagues didn’t really understand my position on the oil pipeline surveillance contract. I have no issue with the Federal Government awarding surveillance contracts to anybody. It is Federal Government’s money. They can use it anyhow they want.
“If you can allow individuals to carry heavy arms to protect pipelines, why won’t you allow Amotekun to carry sophisticated weapons to protect the people. The oil facilities are not important than the lives of the people”.
