The Chairman of South-West Security Network (Amotekun) Chief Adetunji Adeleye said men of the Amotekun from various formations would soon be recruited across the six states of the region to flush out bandits and criminals operating in the forest.
Adeleye who stated this in Akure, the state capital, said a planned joint security patrol of forest would be embarked upon by the Amotekun in the South West to flush out bandits who have invaded the region and curtail influx of bandits into the region.
Adeleye warned bandits and criminals hibernating in the various forest reserves to stay off South-West region of Nigeria saying it will no longer be a safe haven for them.
He explained that the planned joint security patrol of forests in South-West to be embarked upon by SWSN is basically to flush out bandits who have invaded the region.
He said; “We are concentrating more on the armored rangers as a result of the increasing rate of security breaches in our forests”.
Speaking on the arrest of some 21 suspects who have breached the peace in various parts of the state in the last fortnight, Adeleye said the security breaches range from suspected kidnappers, fighting and civil disorder, wandering, anti-grazing, stealing of phones, and attempted murder.
He disclosed that a suspect, Noel Bulus, who escaped from Police custody with handcuffs was among the suspects arrested by the Amotekun men.
But Bulus explained that he was arrested for wandering in a street and was handed over to the police where he was handcuffed.
According to him, the policeman locked him inside a cell but left the back door open and escaped through the back door before he met a man in the street who saw him in handcuffs.
He said: “When the man saw me, he promised to help me cut the handcuffs. So, he asked me to sit where he saw me.
Shortly after, when I looked back, I saw Amotekun behind me and they arrested me.”
The Corps Commander also disclosed that the state formation would be rounding off its yuletide patrol and intensifying security in the forests of the state due to increase in security breaches in the forests.
He said: “We are rounding up the Yuletide 24-7 patrol and we are concentrating more on the armored rangers as a result of the increasing rate of security breaches in our forests.
“Across the board, we have four kidnapped suspects, five that violated the anti-open grazing law and 12 that breached the general law and order of the state. The implication of this after due analysis is that the state is relatively peaceful.
“The security breaches we have range from suspected kidnappers, fighting and civil disorder, wandering, anti-grazing, stealing of phones and attempted murder, stealing of aluminum products, destruction of properties, conspiracy and stealing of motorcycles, conspiracy, stealing and aiding and abetting of motorcycles.
“The breaches at our borders have reduced as a result of the activities of the Amotekun Rangers and we also want to thank the public for giving us timely information.
“In the last one month, the Corps had intervened in about 15 kidnap issues that the timely intervention foiled the kidnapping.
“So, we want to thank the public and ask for their support in the provision of more actionable information such that once we have such information, especially through our distress call line which remains 0807999989, you can be sure that relief will come your way immediately.”
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