The Chairman of Council of Amotekun Corps Commanders in the South-west, Adetunji Adeleye, has advised governors in the region, as a matter of urgency, to support the establishment of state police towards addressing security challenges in the zone.
Adeleye, who is the Amotekun commander in Ondo State, spoke in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, while delivering a lecture titled, ‘Breaking The Barriers To A Secured Society,’ organised by the Ekiti State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) with support from the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, South West, and the State Bureau of Local Content.
The Amotekun boss explained that the time has come for the governments to be more decisive in tackling activities of criminal elements in the zone by investing in local and grassroots policing for a secure society.
While commending the six governors in the region for their support towards the operations of the South-west Security Network, he solicited the cooperation of stakeholders, especially traditional rulers and residents by providing timely and adequate information on suspicious activities in their communities.
He added that existing security agencies in the country are doing their best to provide security for the people, but lamented that bureaucracies and other factors have limited their performances in addressing kidnappings, killings and other heinous crimes.
