The Ondo State House of Assembly has started the process of amending the law that established the State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun, to combat the rising insecurity in the state.
The assembly’s spokesman, Gbenga Omole disclosed this during Oka Security Summit organised by Oka community in Akoko South-West Local Government Area on Saturday.
Mr Omole, a member of the House of Assembly Committee on Security said the law after review would give Amotekun corps power to have access to improved technology and more sophisticated weapons to tackle security challenges.
“We (the Assembly), have been doing our best; of recent, we have to tinker with the Amotekun law. “We are looking at the law to give more backings to Amotekun in terms of procurement of more sophisticated weapons and more technology to be deployed.
“So we are supporting the executive arm of government in terms of security, that law is under the process of being amended now to give more power to Amotekun,” he said.
The Olubaka of Oka Kingdom, Yusuf Adeleye, appreciated the sons and daughters of Oka for the initiative of organising the summit, saying security is a collective responsibility.
“This is not the first time we are having this summit, but it is important to have this summit now, considering the various security challenges that we have been facing and it is important to do this because we have to be vigilant now”.
Security committees have been established at various quarters in Oka and each household has been levied certain amount to aid the security operatives, saying government cannot do it alone.
“We have to give kudos to the state government for establishing Amotekun corps and we give kudos to other security operatives for their frantic efforts at combatting insecurity in our domain”
“We have to be vigilant; we have to know people around us; we have to take the issue of security serious more than before because what happened in Owo could happen anywhere. We have to be proactive,” the traditional ruler said.
Speaking at the summit, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Adewole Ajakaiye, called for cooperation between the citizens and security agencies.
Admonishing the inhabitants of the community and Nigerians to be security conscious