INSECURITY: FG to begin aerial surveillance of Southwest forests

The Federal Government is to begin aerial surveillance of forests in the Southwest geopolitical zone as one of the measures to curb the growing rate of Insecurity in the zone, especially Kidnapping and killings.

This was one of things agreed to at a security stakeholders’ meeting between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and traditional rulers in Osun State on Tuesday.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who spoke to reporters after the meeting at the Osun Goverment House, Oke Fia, Osogbo, said they had got FG’s commitment to regular aerial surveillance of forest in the region to tackle insecurity.

Vice President Osinbajo, who also spoke to reporters, said that the meeting was a continuation of the consultations the FG had embarked upon to tackle security the security challenges facing the country.

According to him, the meeting with traditional rulers was necessary because of the roles they would play in helping to secure their domains, adding that the royal fathers would serve as intermediaries between state governments and the people in their various communities.

Osinbajo said: “This meeting is important because traditional rulers will interface with the government on behalf of their communities. We are bringing them on board to ensure a proper implementation of the strategy.”

Continuing, Oba Ogunwusi said apart from the FG’s commitment to monitoring forests in the South-West, the government also promised to deploy more security officials to the region.

He said: “Without community policing we can’t progress. As royal fathers, we will work hand-in-hand with government to ensure security.

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“This will give our subjects, especially those in the diaspora, who are always afraid to come home more confidence in the security of the country.

“We need our people in the diaspora to start coming home. With this, they will also know we have good security measures in place. I am using this medium to appeal to them to come home and assist.

“The Vice-President, as directed by the President, promised us to monitor all the programmes to ensure successful implementation.”

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