The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) USMAN ALKALI BABA has said the Southwest Security Outfit called Amotekun and other quasi-security outfits established by state governments will not participate in next year’s general elections. 

The police chief said this in Abuja at a conference for strategic police managers, which includes officers from the ranks of commissioners and above.

Force spokesman, OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, in a statement said the IGP emphasized the fact that all quasi-security outfits established by various state governments and local communities operating under different nomenclatures, structures, and orientations have no legal roles under the Electoral Act and in the electoral process.

He directed all Police Managers to ensure they are not utilized by political or community actors for any role during the electioneering campaign and other electoral processes as such would amount to an illegality and a threat to national security.