Elijah Adebero
Operatives of the Amotekun Corps would begin inter-state border patrol in the South-West to enable effectiveness in crime fighting.
This was revealed by the Chairman of the Amotekun Commanders in the region, Chief Adetunji Adeyeye.
The Corps Commander of Ondo Amotekun said the synergy expected among the South-West states would be enhanced so that a criminal that escaped from Ondo to Ekiti could be easily apprehended
Adeyeye, who spoke in Akure, said the destruction of farmlands by herders in Ondo State has greatly reduced owing to enforcement of the ban on open grazing.
He said herders now offered money to farmers whose crops were destroyed unlike previously when they would walk away.
His words: “Being Chairman of the Council of Amotekun Commanders is a greater call to service. The Commanders of the various states in the South-West region met to deliberate on the way forward and they picked me as the Chairman.
“A fallout of the meeting is that we agreed on inter border patrol of major highway and all the routes in our various states. We intend to reduce armed robbery and kidnappings on highway.
“We noticed kidnappings take place on bad spots on the road where motorists are expected to slow down.
“We are to enforce the ban on open grazing. We apprehend herders on a daily basis. There is reduction in the destruction of farmlands by herders in Ondo State.
“The awareness is open now that no herder can destroy people’s farm and go scot free. As a Nigeria you can do your business but you don’t destroy others;”
