Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has reiterated his stand on the need for his people and Nigerians to defend themselves against insecurity.
He said that might be the only way or option to fight the menace.
He said the present security architecture of policing in Nigeria was not commensurate with prevailing security challenges in the country.
Akeredolu, during an interview, weighed the consequences of Governors directing their people to carry weapons, saying this remained the only option left for Nigerians to fight those criminals terrorizing the society.
Speaking on the Owo attack,
’’Our people cannot afford to lay back; we are not lazy people; we are indomitable people and we must fight these people back and whosoever has the upper hand will survive.
We must be alert when we see strange people around us. We have put more men on the streets and patrols everywhere using Western Nigeria security network (Amotekun) and the lesson we have learnt is we can’t afford to run away, we must face these people”
The Governor said that except something was quickly done, the state chief executive may be forced to get ammunitions for their people.
Akeredolu said: “If care is not taken, governors and other governments will be forced to get ammunitions for their people to fight back because there is no other way to fight this problem.
He noted that the state is castrate and totally powerless, hence the Governor added that the answer was the creation of a state police.
What we need to do is to get our priorities right and what we should prioritise as a nation today is state police and let the state police be well armed.
“The states should spend money on their police and have a duty to defend their people. The National Assembly has a duty to take this law out of place.
“The police are currently overstretched! There’s no other solution but state police.”
Akeredolu speaking on the Owo attack, said the state government was yet to make headway.
“We are yet to make headway but we are still on their trail, we have recovered the vehicles,” Akeredolu said
