Governors of the five South-West states have concluded plans to donate 20 patrol vehicles each to their proposed regional security outfit, Amotekun. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this, said the joint patrol team was to ensure the security of the entire South-West region.

Abiodun, according to a statement on Monday, spoke during a stakeholders’ dinner/fundraiser organised by the Ogun State Security Trust Fund Board on Sunday. Ogun was said to have, during the fundraiser, raised about N1bn to fight insecurity.

Abiodun said, “In conjunction with the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission, the five South-West states have agreed to set up a joint patrol team that will be called Amotekun. Each of the states is required to donate at least 20 patrol vehicles, communication equipment and personnel to the task force. The personnel will be recruited from the police, army, vigilance groups and hunters.”

As part of measures to check insecurity, Abiodun said Ogun State would soon start residents’ registration to enable it to plan properly. The governor decried the lack of communication system for security agencies in the state, noting that it was bad that the lack of a proper communication system had stalled proper communication between security chiefs in the state.

He said, “It is shameful that our security agencies do not have a communications system or equipment within the state, meaning that the Commissioner of Police cannot speak with his counterparts in the military, Department of State Services or worse still, he cannot speak with his Area commander, Divisional Police Officers of police stations across the state. Their vehicles are not functioning very well; no tracking devices, no enough finance; so, we are looking at correcting those anomalies with our security trust fund.”

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/swest-govs-pool-100-vehicles-for-regional-patrol/

Good move.... At times I wonder the type of human 'beans' that joined Northern and southern Nigeria together

The Pacesetter region.

>for your kids educational android tablets please check my signature

Good move if they didn't Dasuki the money

People that swallow money meant to fight Boko Haram wetin dem no fit swallow

I fear this our politicians

good for them... naija wahala too much

A welcomed development

Please make it a reality and not another audio donation or purchase...

Wow! Kudos to my governors, proud westerners.

May this country just break or restructure jare, am sure no region will be able to meet the pace and the speed in which south west will develop.

God bless omoluabis worldwide.

Omo YORUBA ni mi!

Proud omoluabi!

babdap:
The Pacesetter region.

On point fam!

To catch nairalanders I guess [color=#990000][/color]

Once more, let's see if they will lead by example by patronising local products.

If local rice is good for Nigerians, local vehicle must be good for the govt across all levels and states.

Commendable

All this one wey una dey donate Money,make una have mercy on Osun state ooo...
Osun na very poor state ooo.
Jan 2019 fed allocation.

Lagos: 9.7 BN
Ondo; 5.1 BN
OYO; 4.7 BN
Ogun: 3.7 BN
Osun; 1.7 BN

Make dem just donate little wey dem get abeg.

Same as community police......hope the FG would not kick against the idea

Godspeed

Dreal1247:
A welcomed development

A welcome development!

It's a good start, but 20 vehicles per State will work out at an average of 1 vehicle or less per local government.

The number of vehicles is too small for effective coverage of each state.

Make sure they order from innoson if not they are doomed to fail. Negative quotes can kiss my hairy ass.

Yet the crime rate remains unwaveringly increasing.

valentineuwakwe:
Same as community police......hope the FG would not kick against the idea

Fulani FG will quietly kill the initiative by not licencing proper firearms to those guys, since the herdsmen/kidnappers go round unmolested with AK47 rifles

Yoruba Amaka

Only Enugu pool more than 100 vehicles for forest guide.

We don’t chest beat here in South West

Badmod:
All this one wey una dey donate Money,make una have mercy on Osun state ooo...
Osun na very poor state ooo.
Jan 2019 fed allocation.

Lagos: 9.7 BN
Ondo; 5.1 BN
OYO; 4.7 BN
Ogun: 3.7 BN
Osun; 1.7 BN

Make dem just donate little wey dem get abeg.

Ekiti da??

Good development

Kudos.... Multiply it.. If dem don approve am...

Funny country. Won fi ete sile wo n pa lapalapa!!!
This is akin to a man with brain tumour who presented with headache and you decided to cure him with Paracetamol.

Restructure or break up the country and 50% of the problem will be solved. I'm pretty sure the so called guards would only be allowed to carry dane guns ( pun intended ).