Breaking News
JUST IN: Ogun Govt Inaugurates Amotekun To Tackle Herdsmen Crisis
- The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has inaugurated the Ogun State Security Network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ on Thursday.
- The overwhelming insecurity in the South-West had forced the six governors of the region to inaugurate the Western Nigeria Security Network also known as Operation Amotekun.
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has inaugurated the Ogun State Security Network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ on Thursday.
Abiodun also commissioned patrol vans and motorcycles to aid the operations of the Amotekun Corps in the state.
The overwhelming insecurity in the South-West had forced the six governors of the region to inaugurate the Western Nigeria Security Network also known as Operation Amotekun to tackle peculiar security threats in the region.
The Amotekun Corps had also got the constitutional backing of the six-state assemblies in the region.
Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti states have since kick-started the operations of the security outfit endorsed by the governments of the six South-West states last year.
The herdsmen crisis in parts of the Ogun State has been disturbingly worsening in recent times with many residents of Yewaland displaced in far away Benin Republic.
Agrarian villages in Ogun have also suffered unnumbered killings by Fulani herders who have also been accused of rape, kidnapping, amongst other unprintable crimes.
The security challenges confronting the state seemed overwhelming for the men of the Nigeria Police Force, thus, necessitating the support of a law-backed security outfit like the Amotekun Corps.
(Punch)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Juventus Star Tests Positive For COVID19 After Returning From International Duty
Missing Aircraft: Air Force Chief Visits Borno, Calls For Calm
Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:
Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.
Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.
Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611
