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Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration in Ogun State has raised over N1 billion in its determination to fight insecurity in the state and beyond.

Disclosing this at a stakeholders’ dinner organised by Ogun State Security Trust Fund Board, the governor added that the South-west states have agreed to set up a joint patrol team to be known as ‘Amotekun’ to ensure adequate security in the region.

The dinner was the board’s first major fund-raising activity since it was inaugurated on August 24 by the Abiodun administration.

The governor, who noted that Ogun State was vulnerable to criminal attacks as a result of its location and proximity to three other states, including Lagos and a neighbouring country, added that the state was also fast becoming an industrial hub with increase in economic and commercial activities. He also mentioned cross-border migration as well as the state harbouring the busiest highway in the country as major attractions to criminality.

Abiodun reiterated the call that all stakeholders should be involved in security issues, explaining that the procurement of 100 patrol vehicles and 200 motorbikes was a demonstration of his administration’s determination to fight crime and reduce it to the barest minimum. He lamented that security agencies in the state were operating without the needed tools.

The governor decried the absence of central communication system among security agencies in the state, noting that it was bad that the lack of a proper communication system had stalled proper communication synergy among security chiefs in the state.

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