Ondo procures 20 Vans, 120 motorcycles to tackle insecurity

No fewer than 20 vans and 120 motorcycles have been procured by the Ondo state government for security surveillance in the state in order to tackle the insecurity in the state.

This was disclosed on Thursday by the Commissioner of information and Orientation in the state, Mr Donald Ojogo, who said the vans and motorcycles were procured by the state governor to tackle insecurity in the state.

According to him, the vans and motorcycles which will be distributed to security agencies were part of the present administration commitment to curb insecurity in the state.

The commissioner who did not disclose the mode of deployment of the vans and motorcycles said “this is the first batch of the vans and motorcycles to be used to stem down insecurity, kidnapping and bandit and Governor Akeredolu is doing all the needful to reduce insecurity across the state to the nearest minimum.

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” You will recall that the security situation in the South West has got to an unpardonable and condemnable level hence the urgent intervention of the governors.

” The measures put in place after the security summits is now yielding positive results.

” To this end, Governor Akeredolu as the chairman of the South West Governors forum has taken some far-reaching measures to tackle insecurity in Ondo state.

” The efforts to tackle the spate of insecurity include the surveillance of the bushes and forest across the state with the procured van and motorcycles.

“Not less than 120 motorcycles and twenty Hilux vans have arrived the state for security surveillance. With this, the spate of insecurity bedevilling the state would be frontally tackled”

He said a joint security architect with the codename “operation Amotekun” would be launched in the South West region and said other state governors are not doing less. All these are coming ahead of the launch of the security architect codename ” operation Amotekun” that would be launch very soon to tackle insecurity across the region.

” ln matter of weeks, this security outfit ” operation Amotekun” would be unveiled. We are not resting on our oars. Governor Akeredolu is ready to protect the people of the state. The entire forest would henceforth be put under surveillance.”

Ojogo said that the legal framework on the launch of the Security Trust Fund in the state was in the pipeline saying ⁿⁿⁿ state would replicate the security trust fund already in existence in Lagos state.