A group, Yoruba Youth Indigenous Movement (YYIM) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State of propagating a hidden agenda targeted at undermining the operations of the Southwest Security Network, codenamed Amotekun for political gains.
The coordinator of the group, Lawal Adekola in a statement made available to journalists in Akure, alleged that the PDP through former governor Olusegun Mimiko has negotiated with some Northerners to discredit Amotekun and ensure its operations are weakened by instigating the people against the security outfit.
Adekola said: “We have watched with consternation, the deliberate attempt to scuttle the gains recorded by Amotekun so far. Let us put it on record that we have it on good authority that the PDP through Mimiko has negotiated off Amotekun for political gains.
“Despite our collective desire to produce the next President of the country in the South, Mimiko has been going round scheming on how to emerge a Vice Presidential candidate of the party, thereby indirectly selling us out. More so, the operations of Amotekun have been a huge success so far and it is now considered a public good, irrespective of political party or background.
“We have it on good authority that Mimiko has vowed to use the instrumentality of the PDP in the state to discredit Amotekun and ensure that the people lose confidence in the security outfit. This, among others, was one of the conditions that was given to Mimiko to impress the PDP Northern power brokers. Mimiko is desperately looking for their support.
“We will love to plead with politicians to desist from using whatever serve as public good for their dirty politics. It smacks off nothing but irresponsibility to descend so low into selling the good of your people for your personal political gains. We dare say, Mimiko has become the Alimi of today’ Yoruba nation. We shall henceforth mobilise ourselves to resist him.
“We warn you to, leave Amotekun operations out of your political attacks. I think it is also important we let the good people of Ondo State know that the recent frequent outburst and attacks from the stable of the PDP Publicity Secretary are all parts of Mimiko’ plans to impress the Power-that-be in the PDP that he is capable of putting up strong opposition in the state. But this has come with a cost of undermining our public good.