DAMISI OJO, Akure
The commandant, Ondo Vigilante Group Of Nigeria (VGN), Dr Akinwumi Gideon has stressed the need for Amotekun corps and Vigilante group to align for more effective actions in combating criminal tendencies in the state.
Gideon,who spoke with reporters in Akure, the state capital said the two security outfits should be under the Ondo State Security Network Agency with an appointed Director-General as the overseer of both.
According to him,” I am certain that the combination of Amotekun Corps and Vigilante Service in Ondo State will certainly achieve greater success in providing adequate security for the inhabitants of the state under the direct supervision of Governor Akeredolu as the chief security officer of the state
“The Amotekun Corps has a different style and approach to security challenges, while the Ondo State Vigilante Service is imbued with different classical approach to security challenges; if these two are combined, there will definitely be a wonderful result.”
The Commandant said the group is not pleased with the state law setting up of the Ondo State Security Network Agency Amotekun, due to the exclusion of the group.
The VGN also said it had been supporting security agencies to fight insecurity across the state, but it would have done better if it was included in the state security outfit as an independent body.
He, however, declared that the exclusion would not deter the group from assisting in the fight against insecurity in the state.
The Commandant said the diversity of defence, which is a principle in cybersecurity, is also applicable intelligently to physical, human, and national security if properly used and managed.
He noted that the principle of diversification and expansion can be achieved by making the Ondo State Security Network Agency a separate agency in charge of internal security in Ondo State, and appoint someone with adequate and deep knowledge of both local and international security as the DG of the agency.
