In what sounded like a thunderous call for justice, Omoyele Sowore, human rights defender and leader of the Take It Back (TIB) Movement, has taken aim at the Ondo State Government, accusing it of enslaving and victimizing members of the Amotekun Corps who are still being denied employment letters and proper welfare despite years of loyal service.
Sowore, who met with a team of TIB activists in Akure earlier today, said the group was outraged by what it described as a deliberate act of oppression against Amotekun officers—men and women risking their lives to defend Ondo communities while being treated as disposable labor by the same government that hails them as heroes.
In his words: “Today I met a group of activists from TIB Movement in Akure who are asking that the Ondo State government immediately grant Amotekun Corps employment letters that have been due and stop victimization of corp members asking for better conditions of service.”
Sowore condemned what he called the “hypocrisy of the political class”, saying they love to use security operatives for propaganda but refuse to give them dignity, justice, or job security.
“How can a government claim to value security while treating its defenders like slaves?” he asked. “Amotekun officers are being denied their lawful employment rights, while those who demand justice are punished. This must end — now.”
The TIB Movement, he said, will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the exploited corps members until the government issues every pending employment letter and stops the intimidation of anyone who speaks up.
Sowore vowed that activists across the Southwest would continue to mobilize, protest, and expose any administration that feeds off the suffering of workers and defenders of public safety.
“If you can’t protect those protecting the people,” he thundered, “then you have no moral right to govern.”
The statement, now spreading rapidly among civil rights networks, has reignited debate about the treatment of state-backed security units across Nigeria and whether the Amotekun Corps has become yet another tool of exploitation under a government unwilling to honor its own heroes.
