Police beef up security at Ekiti borders

The Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Mr Joseph Eribo, has said that the command has deployed policemen to beef up security at the various entry points into the state to prevent an influx of bandits.

The new police commissioner, who resumed in Ekiti last week, stated this on Tuesday during an interactive session with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti.

He said that he plans to set up a joint task force to include the Agro Rangers, Fulani herders, Amotekun corps, and other sister security agencies.

Aribo said that the joint task force would not only checkmate the influx of bandits but curb the farmers/herders crisis in the state.

“As Nigerians, there is freedom of movement, but when one exceeds the move, you lose the protection of the law and will be prosecuted for the crime committed,” he said.

“We have our men at the boundary with other adjoining states to check the influx of criminals into the state and whoever is caught will not be spared and the law will take its course.

“But for good citizens, as Nigerians, you are free to live freely in any part of the country without fear or hindrance.

“The state government has helped so much. I came here to know that so much agencies have been set up to checkmate these criminals from infiltrating into Ekiti State. There is Agro Rangers, Amotekun corps and the Marshalls.

“We are going to add a committee that will encompass security agencies, like a joint task force including the civilians, that is the fulanis and other ethnic groups, to checkmate not just the influx of the criminals but also the herders and farmers clash.

“All these agencies are to work to guarantee internal security. We will welcome them on board and work closely in synergy with them . I have been in touch with some of them , is for us to work together and there is no competition and the goal is to ensure that we flush-out criminals from Ekiti state.

“The governor of Ekiti has promised to gives us his 100 percent support when we met him, and if that is the.case we have no reason not to perform and to fail.

“So, we are going to reciprocate the government gesture by ensuring that the state is safe.”