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Edo group calls for regional security outfit in south south
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A social-cultural organization, the HeartBeat Professionals Association, has called on the governors in the south-south region to set up realistic modalities urgently to address the recent hostilities across the region.
The group made the appeal yesterday in a communique signed by its President Mr. Ikponmwosa Egharevba.
The statement read “In view of the recent hostility across the South-South in relation to the herdsmen and farmers issue, it is now imminent for the 6 South-South governors to jointly provide a workable solution such as the creation of a vigilante security network comparable to the South-West ‘Amotekun’ and the South-East ‘Eastern Security Network’.
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Published 26 December 2020
Rising insecurity in the South-West, especially Ondo State in recent time, has put the Amotekun initiative in the region under the spotlight, PETER DADA writes
Ondo State, a major gateway to the northern part of the country especially for travellers from the South-West region, has been under the siege of insecurity for a long time now.
Kidnappings, armed robberies and killings have become the order of the day in the SunShine State particularly on its highways in recent times.
About 18 months after Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of the national leader of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by gunmen in Ondo, insecurity has continued to fester in the state corridor of the federal highways linking the South-West to the North, South-East and South-South.