Governor Fayemi deploys more security agents to comb criminal hideouts

…as Security Agencies synergize to tackle banditry, kidnapping in Ekiti.

Worried about recent activities of kidnappers, the Ekiti State Government on Monday organized an inter security agency workshop on Exercise Crocodile Smile VI.

This is to enable security agencies to further strengthen the security architecture in stemming the tide of crime and criminality in the State.

The Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi declaring the Workshop open in Ado Ekiti, on Monday assured that more security personnel would be deployed to the nooks and corners of the State to fish out and prevent criminal elements from perpetuating their nefarious activities during the yuletide season.

The Governor, who spoke through his Special Advisers on Security Matters, Brig-General Ebenezer Ogundana (rtd) stated that the interactive workshop will enable Heads of formations and units of various security agencies to identify and proffer solution to the missing gaps in battling banditry, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the State.

Dr. Fayemi disclosed that after the workshops, more troops would be deployed to the nooks and corners of the State, especially areas considered as flash points to curtail armed robbery and kidnapping in order to ensure that lives and properties are better secured.

The Governor who pointed out that “ember” months are usually characterized by security challenges said his administration is concerned about ensuring a safe environment for residents and visitors that might want to visit the State during this festive period.

He said: “We are all aware of the security situation in Nigeria today, it is the spillover we are having in Ekiti today, that is why the security agencies decided to meet to fashion out the solution to the problem and one of the decisions so far made in this workshop is that the agencies will come together, identify what is the problem, the gap so that they will be able to fill it.

“And the crops of people we are having here this morning by the time they finish this workshop, we can now sleep and close our eyes and say bye-bye to crime in Ekiti State. With these people coming together, we are going to see a different result because we are going to do the whole business differently.

“That is the essence of bringing them together, not that army do his own, police do his own, we decided to bring all of them together under Exercise Crocodile Smile VI then you now discover that Ekiti will take a new look as far as security is concerned.

“For the participants, let then make useful contributions, whatever decision is arrived at today we will carry it out to the letter, it will assist them, then build confidence in them and people too will know that we are going to have peaceful environment for the celebration of Christmas and new year. “

The Workshop with the theme: “Multi-Agency Approach in the Digital Age, the Nigeria Security Agencies in perspective” had in attendance heads of federal security agencies in the State.

Last modified: December 9, 2020