Ondo police deploy operatives to checkpoints

Following the withdrawal of the soldiers from all military checkpoints in Ondo State highways, the State Police Command, on Thursday, said it has deployed its officers to man the checkpoints abandoned by the military across the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Funmilayo Odunlami, who disclosed this said the development became necessary following the withdrawal of soldiers from all military checkpoints on major highways in the state.

She said these checkpoints were meant to address the security challenge in the state noting that it would help to put the security operatives on their toes against crimes and to check the activities of criminals in the state.

She said: “After what happened, we have deployed our men to those axes because people have been apprehensive of probable breach of security in those areas and that is why we have to act now to allay fears of residents and motorists.”

She urged commuters and motorists to go about lawful businesses and report any extortion by any police officers to the command.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has maintained that the state Security Network Agency, Amotekun in the state, has recorded no spectacular achievements since its creation in the state.

The party stated this in a statement issued and signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei, condemned the withdrawal of soldiers from the Highways in the state, noting that the withdrawal can expose the people of the state to danger.

Peretei who urged the state government not to toy with the lives of the people of the state maintained that the excuse given by the state government for the withdrawal of soldiers from the checkpoints is laughable and said: “We find it expedient to respond to the state government’s flat and clueless statement.

“This would not have been necessary due to the laughable explanation given by the Ondo State Government for the withdrawal of soldiers from the checkpoints. We feel it is necessary in order to put the record straight.

“In the first place, what has been the spectacular achievements of the Ondo Amotekun? Is there no Amotekun in Ekiti State, a jurisdiction covered by 32 Artillery Brigade, stationed in Akure?

“Are soldiers not at the checkpoints in Ekiti State? Why does he think that it the Ondo Amotekun that must be sabotaged of all the States in the South West?”

The statement read further that “Mr Rotimi Akeredolu should own up to his failure to live up to his responsibility in this regard. Of all the six states in the South West, it is only in Ondo State that Amotekun is led by a man who has no military background.

“At this time of the year, every serious-minded government that has a genuine interest of its subjects at heart is expected to beef up security ahead of the festive season.

“But what we have seen is a lackadaisical attitude of the Governor, leading to the withdrawal of the soldiers from the checkpoints.

“We expect him to attend to the security needs of the people as he cannot continue to be playing politics with the security of lives of people of the state.”

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