Guardian
Ogun State government, yesterday, said it will not allow any part of the state to be taken over by terrorists, killer herdsmen, kidnappers or bandits as a safe haven to unleash mayhem on the people.
The government said it is already collaborating with neighbouring states like Oyo and Lagos, to comb its forests and smoke out those who are harbingers of destruction.
Chairman of Amotekun in the state, Mr Dave Akinyemi, a retired police commissioner, said provision of adequate security has been a cardinal and focal point of Governor Dapo Abiodun, since assuming office.
It would be recalled that the state has witnessed an upsurge in criminal activities, with suspected Fulani herdsmen unleashing mayhem on motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
In the same vein, eight villages in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state was also recently attacked by murderous herders as well as the violent exchange between herdsmen and some Ohori farmers at Idofa village, which left five persons dead, and property worth millions of naira destroyed.
According to Akinyemi, “With the resurgence in cases on kidnapping on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Amotekun personnel in Ogun and Oyo states are now combing the forests to dislodge the terrorists,” a move that he said, has been yielding positive results.
