The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, on Thursday, described the reported loss of more than 200 members of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in the state in undisclosed circumstances as saddening, alarming and unacceptable.
The party, in a statement released by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, in Ibadan, the state capital, called on Governor Seyi Makinde to provide more details about the revelation and ensure that the corps officials, as well as all responsible residents, were protected by his administration.
The PUNCH reports that Makinde had, on Saturday, May 30, during his sympathy visit to Oriire Local Government Area, where suspected bandits killed two people and abducted over 40 school children and their teachers, on Friday, May 15, said over 200 men of the Amotekun Corps lost their lives in active service recently, without giving details of what led to their death.
Reacting in a statement on Thursday, Oyo APC expressed dismay over “lack of empathy on the part of Makinde, who broke the sad news with utmost flippancy, triviality and insensitivity as if he was talking about chickens or goats killed by epidemics.
“With this ugly development, there is no denying the fact that the current administration in Oyo does not attach much importance to the lives of the people.
