Terrorists' Threat: Ekiti, Kwara reach agreement on boundary patrol

Date: 2022-08-04

Ekiti and Kwara states have agreed to take joint responsibility for monitoring the security situation in their boundary towns following threats in the areas.

A security meeting held on Tuesday at Otun Ekiti, brought together the leadership of the local governments of Moba, Ilejemeje, and Ero of Ekiti State, with their counterparts in Kwara State.

The meeting was in response to the threat of terrorists to attack the South-west states. The local governments are the major entry points from the North into the region.

The police in Ekiti had earlier issued an order of mobilisation to beef up security in the area councils.

Speaking on behalf of the meeting, the Chairman of Ero Local Council Development Area of Ekiti, Akin Alebiosu, admitted that the security alert was raised over the alleged infiltration of some forests in the South-west and North-central regions of the country.

Mr Alebiosu said though the alarm was still in the realm of conjecture, the four councils that shared borders between Ekiti and Kwara won't treat such life-threatening panic lightly.

The council boss stated that they had decided to work together by rallying local hunters and Amotekun corps to patrol the boundaries to ward off bandits, who had taken advantage of the poor security in the area.

“This meeting was aimed at improving the security situation and how best to strengthen our security architecture in the current fight against kidnapping, killing, and herders-farmers clashes,” he said.

“It had been observed that anyone kidnapped in Ekiti was being freed in far away Kwara and those kidnapped in Kwara were brought to Ekiti and this shows that the borders must be fortified.

“Part of our strategies is to rally our local hunters and Amotekun to be on patrol 24 hours and this they will do in collaboration with conventional security formations like Army, Police, and NSCDC.”

The Chairman of Moba Local Government, Ibukun Adeoye, commended Governors Kayode Fayemi and AbdulRazaq Abdurahman for being sensitive to the plight of the people at the borders.

Mr Adeoye said the actions being taken by the two governors had helped in stemming the tide, adding that the situation could have been worse if not for the proactive steps being intensified by the two states.

There were indications last week that suspected Boko Haram terrorists as well as those of Islamic State West Africa Province were preparing to attack Lagos and some parts of the South-west.

The hint came from a leaked intelligence report which issued an alert to men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps across the country.

The leader of the O'odua People's Congress, Gani Adams, had also followed the trend, alerting the public of possible terrorist attacks on the South-west states and warning that the armed groups had already infiltrated the region's forest.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olugbense     Oba Of Jebba     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ishaq Abdulkarim     SGBN     UNILORIN Alumni     ASKOMP     Yemi Sanni     Galland Marcias     Idofin     MalHub     Ajakaye     Tanke Road     Michael Ologundea     Lotus Bank     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Kale Belgore     Mohammed Ibrahim     Gbenga Awoyale     Coronavirus     Ojuekun     James Kolo     Ajibike Katibi     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Kayode Ibrahim     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Share-Tsaragi     GANZY     CCT     COVID     Gbenga Olawepo     Isaac Gbenle     Muhammad Yahya     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Bond     Javed Khan     Taofeek Sanusi     Elerinjare     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Metro Park     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Olatomiwa Williams     Suleiman Idris     NIPOGA     Surajudeen Akanbi     Saka Isau     Fareedah Dankaka     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Bola Shagaya     Ebola     IHS     Niyi Osundare     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Tope Daramola     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Isiaka Yusuf     Kwha.gov.ng     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     College Of Health     Onilorin     Balogun Gambari     Ubandawaki     Alikinla     Rapheal Ashaolu     Mohammed Halidu     EndSARS     Osi     Usman Yunusa     Ilorin East     Wasiu Odewale     Ishaq Salman     Okin Biscuits     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Ilesha-Gwanara     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Olayinka Olaogun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Emir Of Kano     EndSARS     Lateef Alagbonsi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Olabimpe Olani     Saliu Ajia     Tope Daramola     Rebecca Bake     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Lafiagi     Okanlawon Taiwo     Yashikira     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Garment Factory     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     KWSIEC     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Mohammed Saidu     CUTI     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Damilola Yusuf     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Siraj Oyewale     Yakubu Dogara     Ramadan     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Tunji Arosanyin     Kwara State Football Association     Mary Arinde     UTME     Suleiman Mora Omar     Musa Yeketi     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Turaki Of Ilorin     Kwara Restoration Project     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Abubakar Imam     Yomi Ogunsola     Twitter     Kola Bukoye     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Playing Host     Bola Shagaya     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Guber Aspirant     BIR     Shettima Of Ilorin     Baruten     Clara Nwachukwu     Rihanat Ajia     Agboola Abdulraheem     Temitope Ogunbanke     Oro Grammar School     Edret Sabi Abel     JSSCE     Post Utme     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Abdulwahab Oba     Dan Masanin     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     CCEPE     Aiyedun     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Budo Egba     Oya State     Kassim Babamale     Kwara Polytechnic     Monsurat Omotosho     Sheriff Shagaya     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Umar Ayinla Saro     Kwara State Polytechnic