Agbekoya Peace Movement of Nigeria yesterday vowed to tackle the protracted spate of insecurity, including kidnapping and killings in the southwest, and make efforts to secure all the strategic roads in the region.
The Yoruba security outfit made this known yesterday in Lagos during a peaceful road walk organized by the leadership of the group in the southwest in order to respond to the various security threats on all the roads across the region.
The Peaceful road walk began at the Lagos toll gate and climaxed at the border linking Lagos and Ogun states respectively.
Speaking during the exercise, the National Spokesman of the group, Comrade Iretiayomide Adewole, stated that the reason for the Peaceful road walk is to express the group's concerns over the spate of insecurity across the southwest, especially, Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, Ibadan-Ife road, Kwara-Ilorin road and all the borders that link the southwest region to the North.
Comrade Adewole noted also that those roads have become havens for terrorists and kidnappers.
He insisted that the group has made several attempts to curtail the growing insecurity across the country, stressing that the group will do everything that is possible to ensure the safety of travelers plying the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway and other roads in the southwest region.
The Agbekoya Peace Movement of Nigeria spokesman maintained also that the Yoruba security outfit has a national outlook with members spreading across the southwest region and beyond.
He stated that the group is ready to complement the police and other security agencies in the area of surveillance in order to reduce the security scourge, adding that the security outfit is also seeking the support of all Yoruba sons and daughters in Nigeria.
"Today's Peace Walk is organized to sensitize the public of our resolve to tackle the spate of insecurity along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way. The road has become the most dreaded route in recent times and we would not allow kidnappers and terrorists to take over the road, which happens to be the most strategic road in the southwest region.
"We are also going to work on Ibadan Ife road, Kwara and Ilorin road as well as the borders linking the southwest to the North.
"With our strength covering the entire southwest and beyond, we are ready to support the police and other security agencies in our determination to secure the southwest region and we will always do our best to assist the police by providing the necessary information and intelligence that can help in the discharge of their statutory duties of security the state other members of the group that participated in the exercise include
members of the National Executive Council and coordinators of the group in all the southwest states.
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