Worried by the worsening herdsmen crisis in parts of the state, the Ogun State Government has commenced the recruitment of Amotekun operatives.
In a notice on Thursday, the government asked qualified individuals interested in joining the State Security Network to submit their applications.
It also called on local vigilantes, hunters, and ex-servicemen to be members of the corps, noting that the security outfit would fortify the existing security architecture.
“The Ogun State Government welcomes applications from qualified individuals interested in joining the Ogun State Security Network (AMOTEKUN Corps),” the government said on Friday via Twitter.
“Interested applicants are advised to: Apply on the Job Portal http://jobs.ogunstate.gov.ng, Fill both the online and downloaded application forms, and submit two(2) copies of the downloaded form at the Office of the Commander, Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps).
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An NGO, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace and Harmony in Africa Initiative(ADAPHAI), has called out the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, over what it termed a lukewarm approach to sensitive security issues by the state government, adding that he has not exhibited requisite qualities of a leader.
The group alleged that while a part of the state is under constant attacks by the marauding herders from a neighbouring country, the governor pretended as if nothing was happening.
ADAPHAI, in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Sulaimon Suberu and made available to pressmen in Lagos on Thursday opined that the lives of people living in the border towns of Ogun State have been made miserable and brutish due to socioeconomic quagmire caused by herdsmen.
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Hundreds of women from Uzuakoli in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest at Uzuakoli office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, over outrageous bills being given to them.
The protesting women expressed dissatisfaction with the current hike in the electricity bills and maintained that it is an irreconcilable fact on why people in Uzuakoli will be paying 14,000 and 20,000 Naira while people living in Umuahia, the state capital pay less.
The women appealed to the relevant authorities including the EEDC Enugu head office to address the injustice and unwarranted alleged exploitation being meted out to them.
On February 4, 2021, the nation was assaulted with vital reports and images of a meeting respected Kaduna based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi had with