LAGOS – In a bid to fight insecurity and secure the southwest region against bandits and killer herdsmen, the Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams on Tuesday presented ten motorcycles to leaders of Southwest Security Stakeholders Group (SSSG).
The motorcycles, which he facilitated through Afenifere leader and Grand Patron of Yoruba Summit Group (YSG) chief Ayo Adebanjo were to be used for information gathering, surveillance,and other security activities across the southwest region.
The ten prominent security groups that benefitted from the gesture include OPC, Agbekoya,Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Hunters,and Community Security Awareness Initiatives Corps of Nigeria (COMSAIC) among others.
While presenting the motorcycles to the groups,Iba Gani Adams expressed appreciation to the Yoruba leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, saying the gesture would enhance security efficiency across the southwest.
He said the bicycles would serve as one of the tools for proper surveillance.
The Yoruba generalissimo who is also the convener of the SSSG, insisted that the group would embark on continuous security surveillance across the region.
“This is a testimony of our resolve to beef up the security across southwest region. With the spate of kidnappings, killings and banditry, in Yorubaland, it is no doubt that we have endured the most difficult moment in the southwest and this new development was part of the measures and strategies toward ensuring safety of our people across the region,
“As a group that is determined to secure the southwest,we are ready to complement the efforts of other security agencies and we would not relent in our in its efforts to get rid of criminal Fulani herdsmen” Afrosky News reported.
