By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The Ekiti State government has recruited an additional 400 personnel into the Ekiti State Security Network Agency, (also known as Amotekun), the Agro-Marshal and Anti-grazing corps as part of its efforts to strengthen the state’s security architecture especially at the grassroots.
Speaking at the passing out parade of the new recruits at the NYSC Orientation Camp ground at Ise Ekiti, Governor Biodun Oyebanji described the recruitment of the new security operatives as a sustained investment in the State’s security architecture, which underscores his administration’s commitment to safety of lives and property of residents of the State.
Oyebanji, represented by his Special Adviser on Security, Brig. Gen. Ebenezer Ogundana (rtd.), stated that the move was aimed at further strengthening the State’s security framework as government considered it necessary to rejig the security architecture of the State by establishing additional informal security outfits that will have community participation and complement efforts of the formal security agencies in the State.
Ogundana charged the new recruits to work collaboratively, discharge their responsibilities with dignity and prioritize the safety and security of residents at their various beats where they would be strategically deployed across the State to ensure maximum coverage.
