By Tola Gbadamosi

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Determined to further strengthen the state security architecture, the newly recruited officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps have been charged to further uplift the agency and show deeper commitment towards ending crimes in the state.

State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, gave the charge yesterday during the training and resumption in Camp of the third batch  (400 BRT 003) men and officers held at the Government Technical College in Owo .

Adeleye while urging them to be good Ambassadors of the state wherever they are posted, congratulated them, saying they won’t regret the journey they have begun.

According to him, “your predecessors didn’t regret this, you also will not, you will do everything with ease.

“The Akeredolu-led administration has been passionate about us. Our Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu treats us as if we are his biological children and someone who does that for us shouldn’t be disappointed.

” You have the mandate to uplift Amotekun. I remember when we first started, we caught 100 thieves and by then, we hardly prosecute, but today, we do that directly, there’s nothing like bail, anyone that commits a crime will face the wrath of the law”, he said.

The Amotekun Commander stated that their training and retraining is a continuous process.

“This orientation and training you want to embark on now, I won’t tell you how long it will take, when I tell you to submit your phones and I mistakenly see it with you, you are in for it.

“lt’s not about punishment, it’s for you to know that it’s for our own benefit. The moment we have CCTV installed all over public places, it will give consciousness to the criminals that they will be noticed, identified, seen and this will deter a lot of them.

“And to those that are deterrent, we can assure you that with all these devices, we will get hold of them.

So, I want to appeal to members of the public that despite the harsh economic situation of the country, they should strive to adhere strictly to the deadline as given by the government that all public places must have CCTV installed and these CCTV must be functional.

“You see the Man ‘O War, vigilante, hunters association you belong to before are voluntary organizations, by the time you come out of this place, you become a government official and you must strictly adhere to your code of allegiance.”