Part of patrol vehicles during the launch of Amotekun
The leader of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, (NCNDE-A), Eshanekpe Israel, a.k.a Akpodoro has applauded the idea of the newly established community based security outfit by the governors of South-Western Nigeria, code named Amotekun.
He noted that it was the best way to go in helping the conventional security apparatus succeed in the war against crimes and criminalities in the country.
Akpodoro made this known in a statement in Abuja after a meeting of the leaders of the Coalition and some other carefully selected critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta project.
He explained that the people of Nigeria have suffered enough in the hands of criminals occasioned by the imperfections inherent in the nation’s security architecture noting that Amotekun will fill the gap of security lacuna for the conventional security agencies.
With great concern, the Coalition noted some avoidable security lapses that have caused damage across the regions.
According to him, a community-based security system has always been the cry of the Akpodoro-led group but for inexplicable reasons the federal government didn’t act wondering why it took this long for such idea he described as noble to receive the nod of the governments.
The menace of criminal herdsmen and blood-thirsty bandits would have been nipped in the bud of the government had risen to the occasion long before now as he called the initiators of Amotekun to give teeth to bite crimes.
Akpodoro called on the governors in the Niger Delta region to as a matter of urgency put such security structure in place to reduce, if not exterminate crimes especially mopping the region of small arms.
There are more crimes, he said, in the Delta than elsewhere in Nigeria and it can be stopped with an outfit such as Amotekun.
Akpodoro who doubles as the leader of the Urhobo Youth Forum for Change, (UYFC) noted that the Delta region was long overdue for community-based security so that the inhabitants can sleep with their two eyes closed.
He said a situation whereby residents were kidnapped by commercial hostage takers every other day at times with connivance of conventional security agencies as have been proven overtime should be discouraged by establishing albeit lawfully security organisation that will complement the efforts of the diligent law enforcement agencies.
In the Delta he averred further; “If one is not afraid of kidnappers then, armed robbers will come, ditto petty thieves and oil and gas pipeline vandals. All of these are the menace we face in that region as a people and the time has come for the governors in the Delta to brainstorm and come up with a workable security framework that will clear our region of criminals.
He called on leaders of thought in the region to rise to the challenge and eschew partisan interest while putting an outfit in place.
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