Traditional rulers under the aegis of Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers have called on the federal government to deploy more security personnel in Ekiti to protect the people.
The traditional rulers, who stated that the state is under-policed, asked the state government to empower them with adequate resources to police and secure their respective domains to complement the efforts of the security agencies.
They also urged all traditional rulers to take necessary measures to ensure all forests currently occupied by bandits and kidnappers are flushed out immediately and that no bushes and forests should be occupied by anybody.
These were part of the decisions reached by the monarchs in a meeting with Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji at the State Traditional Council Chamber, Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday.
The meeting which was at the instance of the Governor to review security situation in the state and get the input of the obas, was attended by heads of security agencies and the Commander of Amotekun Corps in the state.
Governor Oyebanji in his remarks at the opening session of the meeting which was held behind closed doors, conveyed the condolence message of the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the traditional rulers, who lost two of their colleagues –The Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin in Monday attack by some gunmen.
The governor told the monarchs that investigations into the killings of their colleagues had begun, and urged them to cooperate with the security agencies in the course of the investigations. He also told them to come up with an implementable road map for securing their localities, in line with the government’s plan to get the local institution to play some roles in safety and security of the environment.
