{"id":71939,"date":"2025-08-04T05:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71939"},"modified":"2025-08-04T05:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:47:55","slug":"leverage-on-un-recognition-to-equip-amotekun-afenifere-tells-s-west-govs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/04\/leverage-on-un-recognition-to-equip-amotekun-afenifere-tells-s-west-govs\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverage on UN Recognition to Equip Amotekun, Afenifere Tells S-West Govs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has urged governors of the South-West to capitalize on the recent recognition of the Amotekun Corps by the United Nations to strengthen and fully equip the regional security outfit.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jare Ajayi, Afenifere described the UN\u2019s recognition of Amotekun as a significant endorsement that should motivate greater support and investment from the region\u2019s political leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recognition of Amotekun by the United Nations is unprecedented in this part of the globe,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIts invitation to international meetings on security and human rights is a morale booster. It confirms the vision behind its creation and validates the efforts of those who have sustained it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN formally acknowledged the Amotekun Corps on July 7 by dedicating the date as Amotekun Day and presenting a certificate of affiliation to the Commandant of the Ondo State Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by Ambassador Peer Stafsen, President of the World Peace body, during a ceremony in Akure.<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere noted that this recognition should prompt the South-West governors to provide the corps with the necessary logistics, training, and funding needed to enhance its performance in combating insecurity in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The group also emphasized the need for urgent action toward establishing state police, which it says would further strengthen internal security mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Lagos, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, also called on the federal government to provide better resources and welfare for Nigeria\u2019s security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting the leadership of the Police Officers\u2019 Wives Association (POWA), led by Dr. Elizabeth Egbetokun, the monarch stressed the importance of logistics and community support in crime prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Oba Akiolu urged Nigerians to support security agencies by adopting the \u201csee something, say something\u201d approach and emphasized the role of family values in national development.<\/p>\n<p>The POWA president, Dr. Egbetokun, was in the palace to thank the monarch for his support during the association\u2019s just-concluded national conference in Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has urged governors of the South-West to capitalize on the recent recognition of the Amotekun Corps by the United Nations to strengthen and fully equip the regional security outfit. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jare Ajayi, Afenifere described the UN\u2019s recognition of Amotekun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":71940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71941,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71939\/revisions\/71941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}