The Omu-Aran Youth Forum, Omu=Aran, in Kwara, has reiterated its commitment to stemming the prevalence rate of armed robbery and other related crimes in the area through community policing.

The President of the Forum, Pastor Doyin Lawal, gave the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran on Wednesday.

Lawal said that that miscreants and armed robbers who operated in the community had overwhelmed the efforts of security personnel in the area to protect lives and property.

He said the forum had constituted a security committee, headed by the immediate-past president of the forum, Mr Yemi Aransiola, with support of community leaders.

Lawal said the committee was now assisting law enforcement agencies, especially the Police, by keeping the night watch within the community, o stem the crime rate.

He said the efforts of the committee were already yielding positive results as it had foiled a number of housebreaking attempts.

"Without mincing words, the residents of this community, especially the youths, are tired of the incessant burglaries, kidnappings, and other related crimes in the town.

"It seems the prevalence rate of crimes had overwhelmed the efforts of the security agencies, hence the need for collaboration by the youth forum to complement the efforts of the security agencies in the area," he said.

Aransiola, on his part, expressed the readiness of the security committee members to work within the ambit of the law.

"We have dedicated and committed youth members drawn from the three wards within the community as members of the security committee.

"I can tell you that we have started receiving series of commendation messages from members of the public, in our efforts to achieve a crime-free society through community policing," he added. (NAN)