Aiyedatiwa, others canvass state police to tackle security challenges

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has joined the increasing telephone for the instauration of authorities constabulary arsenic portion of the captious solutions to the information challenges facing the country.

According to the governor, the present policing operation has proven to beryllium inadequate amid the analyzable and evolving information issues.

Aiyedatiwa, who disclosed this astatine the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) astatine the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) successful Lagos, assured that the South West Security Network, different known arsenic Amotekun, has travel to enactment successful the state.

The governor, who was president of the event, delivered a lecture astatine the Breakout Session connected Ondo State tagged “Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Leadership Series: Is State Police a Solution to National Insecurity?”

While emphasising that Amotekun, which was established by his predecessor, would beryllium funded to amended its operations, Aiyedatiwa stated that the country’s cardinal policing strategy “has failed to shield america from the marauders, who onslaught fearfulness into the hearts of our citizens. It is constricted successful its capableness to bring to justness those who person turned our highways into decease traps, and our farmlands into sidesplitting fields.”

He added: “Interestingly, a glimmer of anticipation emerged from the bosom of Ondo State with the commencement of the Western Nigeria Security Network, known arsenic Amotekun Corps.

“Under the visionary enactment of my precocious main and erstwhile governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, successful collaboration with his chap governors successful the South West, this groundbreaking home-grown inaugural evolved. Amotekun has soared to unprecedented heights, becoming a shining illustration of the transformative powerfulness of state-level security.”

The governor, who commended the NBA enactment for organising the session, urged different states of the federation to replicate the Amotekun exemplary up of the constitution of authorities police.

Also speaking, the Commander of Amotekun successful Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, reeled retired the achievements of the information outfit successful caller times, thanking the politician for continuing with the bequest of his predecessor successful the capable backing of the agency.

On his part, the NBA President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, commended Aiyedatiwa for his thought-provoking lecture, stressing that the Bar would enactment the telephone for authorities police.

Other speakers astatine the session, including quality rights advocate, Femi Falana, SAN, besides commended the Ondo exemplary of Amotekun, urging the Federal Government to heed the telephone of Nigerians for the instauration of authorities police.