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Oyo Govt Approves Recruitment Of Additional 500 Amotekun Operatives

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3 years ago

Jun 26, 2022.

A.A.S Opeyemi

Makinde approves recruitment of fresh 500 Amotekun operatives
…security issue is a collective responsibility that requires all hands to be on the deck to curtail insecurity.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the recruitment of an additional 500 soldiers for the Oyo State’s Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), also known as the Amotekun Corps, has been authorised by Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde.

Increasing the security of people and their property in the State, he claimed, is a goal of his administration’s.

At a security meeting held over the weekend at the House of Chiefs Secretariat in Ibadan, the Governor made this statement alongside local government chairmen, vice chairmen, heads of security agencies, and traditional leaders, among other stakeholders.

In order to reduce insecurity, Makinde addressed the stakeholders that addressing the security issue is a shared responsibility that calls for all hands on deck.

According to him: “Security is everyone’s business and if we all play our parts well, we will have a safer and more secured environment.

Although security of lives and properties is paramount responsibility of government, but government cannot do it alone except with cooperation of the entire citizenry and as we can see from the report gotten all over the country, Oyo State is relatively peaceful, this was not achieved by the effort of government alone but with the efforts of the all stakeholders, most especially the security commanders.

“This meeting is aimed at getting the situation report from various quarters on security as well as to dialogue on what to do as stakeholders and fine tune necessary steps, this will help government to put necessary machinery in place for people in the state to sleep with their two eyes closed and as the operation of the Amotekun corps is concerned, we have perfected the process of employing 500 more hands to enhance their performance and further deepen the security architecture of our State.”

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Makinde asked all stakeholders and the general public to work with his administration to ensure a peaceful atmosphere while discussing the decision of whether to include local vigilante members into the current security force for the betterment of security in the State.

Senator Rasheed Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo, praised Makinde for being proactive in the field of security, which has significantly aided the State in comparison to surrounding States.

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