Insecurity: Amotekun Says It Will Deploy Supernatural Powers In Combating Insecurity |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

South West Geopolitical Zone’s Security outfit, Amotekun, is set to deploy supernatural powers in protecting the lives and properties of the  Zone.

The Ekiti State Corps Commandant of Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.) disclosed that they will be deploying ancient, local and modern security techniques to ward off kidnapping, robbery and other heinous crimes from the state.

Speaking at Efon Alaaye during a sensitisation tour to Ekiti West, Efon Alaaye and Ijero Local government areas of the State, Komolafe averred that the neglect of traditional culture and patterns of exposing criminals is one of the reasons for the rising spate of crimes in the South-West region.

He charged traditional rulers to deploy their supernatural prowess to secure the lives and properties of their people.

Komolafe stated that the security outfit would protect the Southwest from invaders who have  constituted a threat to the region, adding that they will employ ancient Yoruba tactics of securing territories and fishing out criminals from their hide outs.

On the composition of the security outfit, Komolafe said the first phase of the recruitment was to establish an intelligence- based outfit and later accommodate Amotekun ambassadors who would serve as informants of the agency. He further disclosed that there will be no age-limit to those that would make up the ambassadorial category.

In his words, “WE WANT PEOPLE THAT CAN ENTER THE BUSH AND GIVE US NATIVE INTELLIGENCE ABOUT CRIMINAL HIDE OUTS.

“PEOPLE BEFORE US ROSE AND FOUGHT INVADERS, WE ALSO WANT TO RISE AND FIGHT INVADERS. THESE INVADERS CAME WITH ALL FORMS OF IMPUNITY, THEY KILL, MAIM, RAPE AND DESTROY PEOPLE’S FARM PRODUCE.”

The Security outfit was established by the South West region in the face of worsening security situation in the region.