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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. ....

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