Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, is effectively filling the vacuum created by the overstretched conventional security agencies, particularly the police in the state.
He noted that Amotekun Corps is a child of necessity which is essentially created to fill the obvious security gap in the state for the safety of all.
Disclosing that Amotekun Corps is effectively filling the gap which has led to the relative peace and security in the state, he also added that he is highly impressed by the exceptional performance of the security outfit.
The Governor spoke yesterday evening in Akure, the Ondo state capital, while playing host to the participants of Course 30 of the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja, led by Commodore O. O Soyemi.
He particularly commended the military for ensuring the peace and security in the country, and equally disclosed that his administration has enjoyed necessary support and cooperation from all heads of security agencies in the state including Army, the Police, the NSCDC, the DSS, the NIA and others.
“So, we must make sure we tackle it. You kidnap to the extent that you killed a first class monarch; this is very bad. As a government, we owe it a duty to secure the lives and property of our people”, the Governor emphasised.
He insisted that no genuine herders would graze his herds of cow with AK-47, just as he said any herder who destroys any farmland in the state would be made to pay compensation to the affected farmer.
He added that Amotekun Corps is now engaging in road patrol to further ensure the security of lives and property of all residents across the state.
Akeredolu also said many states in the country have signed Anti-Open Grazing laws to protect the people and their means of livelihood, just as he insisted that the issue of grazing routes would not work in the country because the country can no longer continue to live in the past.
He stressed that the country needed a multi-leveled policing with special attention to state police to effectively secure the lives and property of the citizens.
Earlier, the Commandant, National Defence College, Abuja, Rear Admiral Oladele Daji, who lauded the Governor for his security and industrial strides recorded so far, expressed confidence that the products of the participants’ research would go a long way to assist in policy inputs towards delivery of good governance and ensure security of the the state.
He particularly applauded the Governor for the way he handed the issue of farmers/herders clashes in the state to ensure peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders.
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