Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has appointed a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Sikiru Kayode Akande (rtd), as the new chairman of the Board of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun.
In a statement signed by the chief Press Secretary to the gov, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the governor also reappointed all other members of the security outfit’s Board, with Mrs. I.E. Akibode, a Civil Servant, to serve as Secretary of the Board.
Acording to a letter by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, the governor charged the new chairman and the Board members to see their appointments as a call to greater service.
The duo of the Special Adviser on Security to the governor, CP Fatai Owoseni (rtd) and Executive Assistant on Security to the governor, CP Sunday Odukoya (rtd), are statutory members of the Board.
The members of the Board are as follows;
AIG Sikiru Kayode Akande- Chairman
Col. Bisiriyu Olayinka Olayanju- Member
Mrs. I.E. Akibode- Secretary
CP Fatai Owoseni (rtd) – Member
Mrs. Hamzat Khadijat Ronke – Member
CP Samson Ogunlowo (rtd) – Member
Commissioner of Police – Member
HRM (Oba) Sunday Oladapo Oyediran – Member CDRE. R.A. Babalola (rtd) – Member State Commandant – Member
CP Sunday Odukoya (rtd)- Member
Rep. Armed Forces of Nigeria – Member.