Ogun recruits Amotekun personnels as herders crisis worsens

Ogun State Government has commenced recruitment of personnel into the state security network popularly known as the Amotekun Corps to combat the worsening cases of insecurity mostly linked to herdsmen.

This came as suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Thursday, attacked Owode-Ketu and Ijoun villages in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state and reportedly killed two persons.

Already, the state government has called on qualified individuals interested in joining the corps to submit their applications.

The state government made this known in a notice on Thursday just as it urged vigilantes, hunters and ex-servicemen to join the Amotekun Corps.

It listed available positions as field operatives, inspector of corps, assistant superintendent of corps, superintendent of corps, and assistant commander of corps.

The government said application would close on Friday February 19, 2021, and advised interested applicants to apply through http://jobs.ogunstate.gov.ng/

Shuaib Salisu, the Chief of Staff to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, had said the commencement of the outfit in the state would fortify the existing security architecture.

He had also said a retired Commissioner of Police, David Akinremi, had been appointed as the commandant of the security outfit, adding that the government had procured 100 patrol vehicles, 200 motorcycles and communication gadgets to enhance the operations of the outfit.

The insecurity issue in the region had forced the six governors of the South-West to inaugurate the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun to tackle peculiar security threats in the region.

The Amotekun Corps had received the backing of the six state assemblies in the region.

Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti states have since kick-started the operations of the security outfit endorsed by the governments of the six South-West states last year.

The South-West region has been in the eye of the storm lately over the activities of herdsmen who invade farmlands with their cattle, harass farmers, and in some cases kill them. Some herdsmen have also been accused of kidnapping, rape and other vicious crimes.