Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday in Abuja, urged other regions of the country to emulate the South-West by establishing their own security network to tackle insecurity in the country
He also advocated the immediate decentralisation of the Nigeria Police Force.
He said the current structure was worsening the unfortunate insecurity situation in the country.
Oyetola stated this at the Second Annual Colloquium of the Sultan Maccido Institute for Peace, Leadership and Development Studies, held at the University of Abuja.
The governor reviewed the country’s security challenges and concluded that one sure way to confront them headlong was to decentralise Nigeria’s current centralised policing system to meet the nation’s current realities.
He explained that Amotekun was a child of necessity, meant to complement the conventional security agencies to effectively tackle banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery among other crimes.