Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with the people of Ora Igbomina in the Ifedayo Local Government Area of the state over recent banditry attacks, saying his administration has started work to prevent the sad incident from re-occurring.
News correspondents reported that gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the community on Monday evening, killing a village chief and abducting a former customs officer.
A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday disclosed that Governor Adeleke warned the Nigeria Police Force in the state and the state’s Amotekun Corps against working in silos.
Recall that police officers had arrested and detained the Amotekun Commander in the state, Isaac Omoyele, and 20 operatives over killings in the Akinlalu community of the state in September this year. Ever since, there has been a cold war between the two security agencies in the state.
However, the governor noted that working in silos would no longer be tolerated.
On steps taken so far to address the security breach in the state, the Osun governor assured that a military-backed rescue and protection security operation has been underway for the past three days.
The statement revealed that Adeleke made the remarks while speaking after an emergency security council meeting held on Wednesday evening.