The governor, who is the chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, said in a statement that equity and justice are required in the Federal Government’s relationship with all the component units. He said, “The video making the rounds showing the equivalent of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun Corps) in Katsina, obtaining the approval of the Federal Government to bear arms is fraught with great dangers.
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Retired Brig.-Gen. Joe Komolafe, the Commandant of WNSC in Ekiti announced this in Ado-Ekiti Friday while briefing newsmen on the activities of the security network since its establishment in the state.
They unanimously also passed a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Ondo State Security Trust Fund and other.
The security outfit said it also recovered some weapons and vehicle used to perpetrate the terror act on June 5, 2022
Oluwaniyi Fabunmi, JNC Chairman, while presenting the motorcycles, said it would enhance the performance of the Corps.
The incident was confirmed by the Field Commander of Amotekun Corps, Osun State Command, Comrade Amitolu Shittu
The assurance was given during a one-day workshop in preparation for the Year 2022 International Civil Defence Day.
The Amotekun State Commander of Operation, Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this in Thursday in Akure, Ondo State.
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, stated this on Tuesday at the 2021 Law Week of Nigerian Bar Association.
The security personnel that died or injured, as gathered, were attached to the Abolongo Correctional Centre.
The suspects: Muraina Ismail, Olalekan Muhideen and Abdurasheed Olanrewaju, told journalists on Tuesday that the victim was kidnapped on Amuloko-Akanran Road on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the inauguration followed the completion of a 23-day intensive training by the personnel for professional savvy and the task ahead.
The commissioner of police, Ekiti State police command, CP Tunde Mobayo made this call while taking questions from journalists ahead of the August edition of the meeting of heads of all security agencies in Ekiti State on Tuesday.
A motorcyclist, who was said to have been monitoring their movement wherever they went since they came, had been apprehended
The gunmen had on Tuesday, according to sources, contacted the authorities of the farm settlement and demanded N50 million before they could let the four victims off the hook.
The gunmen were said to have whisked the traditional ruler away from his farm in the presence of his wife on Friday evening.
Ibitoye told the News Agency of Nigeria in Otun-Ekiti that lives of farmers are no longer safe as a result of attacks on them in their various farms.
The kidnappers also made away with the slain inspector’s AK-47 rifle.
The perpetrators reportedly fired shots into the air sporadically, after which they seized the 10 victims and took them to an unknown destination through the bush
ASP Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, said the clash occurred on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday.