Amotekun Corps To Participate In Ondo Gov Election

By Ayodele Oni

Contrary to the ban on Local Vigilante Group by the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, during the Governorship Election in Edo state, Amotekun security corps in Ondo has announced participation in the November Poll in the state.

Commander of the Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, said on Tuesday that

Amotekun officials will take charge of ensuring that miscreants and thugs are not imported from other areas into the State.

“Coming to the issue of elections, the era of thuggery in electioneering process is gone and in the first place, as embedded in the law of INEC governing elections in Nigeria, areas of crisis where thuggery becomes prevalent most of the time, those election results are cancelled. So, thuggery is no longer the order of the day.

“However, all security agencies in the state, the police, the civil defense, the DSS, the army, and of course, Amotekun, are on hand to curtail any excesses of such.

“But specifically, Amotekun will take charge of ensuring that miscreants and thugs are not imported from other areas into the state.

“Therefore, the Amotekun rangers will be at all the borders to check commuters 48 hours before the election to be sure that miscreants don’t come into the state to foment trouble from outside the state.”

Saying there has been relative peace in the state of recent, Adeleye stated that what the security situation as enumerated, is telling us is that as a result of the harsh economic situation in the country, there are more cases of house breaking.

“A 30-year-old man who engaged in malicious damage, cultism, and attempted murder of law enforcement agents.

“We have a 42-year-old man who attacked Amotekun officers in a bid to cover his nefarious activity by the name Gbenro.

“We equally have Samuel Peter, 21-year-old man, who engaged in an attempted murder and one Akimade Friday, who outrightly murdered and killed a 65-year-old man. This is a 20-year-old boy.

“In the same way, we narrowed down on one Segun Owolabi, 20 years old, that engages in stealing motorcycles and robbing to dispossess rightful owners.

“We have a gang that specializes in burgling houses, especially when owners of such houses are not in their houses. We have Toba, Pelumi, Ogumade, Oriade, whose age bracket ranges between 22 and 25. We equally have Shegwo Yusuf, who engages in malicious damage of household properties.

“A cross-section of this showed that more than before, the state is getting more peaceful.

“I want to assure the residents of Ondo State that the Ondo State Security Network Agency will continue to engage criminals, both within the town and in the forest, towards ensuring that people can sleep with their two eyes closed in their houses, farmers can go to their farms and commuters can travel without fear, especially as the yuletide  period is coming in.”