The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said that the creation of state police is long overdue.
He insisted that it was a critical solution to the security challenges plaguing the country.
Aiyedatiwa spoke at the Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos.
While delivering a lecture at the Breakout Session tagged, ‘Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Leadership series: Is state police a solution to national insecurity?’, Aiyedatiwa declared his support for the creation of state police in all the states of the federation.
Speaking further, he assured that the South West Security Network also known as Amotekun has come to stay in Ondo State and will be funded to improve its operations.
According to him, “The centralised policing structure, once envisioned as the protector and servant of the people, has proven inadequate in the face of the complex and evolving security challenges of our time.
“It has failed to shield us from the marauders who strike fear into the hearts of our citizens. It is limited in its capacity to bring to justice those who have turned our highways into death traps and our farmlands into killing fields.
“Interestingly, a glimmer of hope emerged from the heart of Ondo State, with the birth of the Western Nigeria Security Network, known as Amotekun Corps.
“Under the visionary leadership of my late Principal, and former Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, CON, in collaboration with his fellow governors in the South-West, this groundbreaking home-grown initiative evolved. Amotekun has soared to unprecedented heights, becoming a shining example of the transformative power of state-level security.”