Edo Advocates Task Force, Monitoring Units on Herdsmen, Illegal Migration, Human Trafficking
To effectively tackle the problems of herdsmen, illegal migration, human trafficking, kidnapping and other criminal activities in Edo State a security was yesterday held at the instance of the Oba of Benin in his palace.
At the end of the meeting, stakeholders called for the formation of task force at the three senatorial districts, the formation of committees and monitoring units at local and state levels to check all criminal activities in the state.
Besides, a committee headed by the commissioner of police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo was set up to help develop a template that would be used by the State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs in achieving the desired peace and tranquility in the state.
Meanwhile, the various security chiefs who also attended the meeting, agreed to implement the decisions reached so far as it would bring peace and tranquility to the state.
They however requested for adequate logistics to enable them effectively tackle the security challenges in the state, just as they called for the provision of enough vehicles and communication equipment to enable them respond to emergency or distress calls.
They also called on Enigie, Edionwere and Village Heads to provide security agents with useful information that would enable them track down criminal elements in the society.
Earlier, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, said the purpose of the meeting was to hear from the security agencies the state of affairs with regard to security issues in the state, with a view of rubbing minds on the way out of the problem.
The Oba who expressed worries over the activities of herdsmen, illegal migration and human trafficking, said since 2015, he had started putting plans together to tackle the problems.
He told the security chiefs that security challenges were disturbing the peace, tranquility and development of the state, hence the urgent need to find lasting solution to the problem.
The Benin Monarch assured them that he would continue to do more to ensure that the people enjoyed relative peace and sleep with their two eyes closed, assuring the security chiefs that whatever logistic requests they made that would ensure the effective security of the state, would be communicated to the State Government for immediate action.