Southwest gets Security Outfit code named ‘Amotekun’ – TheNigerialawyer

Ondo State Governor and Chairman South West Governors’ Forum,
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared a security arrangement code
named ‘Amotekun’ is to take off soon in the region.

This is part of efforts to tackle the spate of insecurity in the
region for the safety of the citizenry.

Already, the Ondo State government has taken delivery of 20
hilux vans and 120 motorcycles for the operation to check mate
crimes in the state.

At a briefing in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Commissioner for
information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, told reporters that the
action was a first step against insecurity.

According to him, South West governors are worried about the
current security challenges facing the region

He said they had jointly taken a drastic measure to reduce high
rate of insecurity.

The commissioner said: “The security architecture being put in
place by the South West governors will be all-encompassing and a
continuous process to effectively curb kidnapping and other
criminality in the state”.

He said all the forests which criminals are using as hideouts
would be combed and criminals flushed out completely.

The commissioner said “in a few weeks’ time security outfit will
be unveiled and the spate of insecurity being witnessed in the last
three or four months would have been reduced to the barest minimum,
if not totally eradicated”.

According to him, it will be code named Amotekun.

“Mr Governor, who is also the Chairman, South West Governor’s
Forum, has taken some far reaching measures which are highly
commendable. He is not resting on his oars.

“The people can be rest assured that in a matter of days, the
forests of Ondo will be put under proper security surveillance
through useful intelligence gathering,” the Commissioner added.

Ojogo also hinted that Akeredolu had initiated the Security
Trust Fund, which he said was the outcome of the Security Summit
held in Ondo State late last year.

He added that the development would bring drastic measures to
curb violence and insecurity.