The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Nicholas Tofowomo, has said the herdsmen were still operating in the Ondo forests reserve because Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s eviction order was not backed by law.
The governor had last month issued a quit notice to herdsmen who are hibernating in the state forests reserve to perpetrate criminal activities, especially kidnappings.
But talking with our correspondent in an interview in Abuja on Friday, Tofowomo stated Akeredolu’s eviction order changed into now not effective because it was an insignificant pronouncement, now not sponsored with the aid of law.
He said, “When the governor gave the directive, my wondering become that he would lower back it up with an government bill to the Ondo State House of Assembly.
“It is his obligation as the Chief Security Officer of the nation. If a regulation is handed in that regard, police might put in force it.
“Now, he also gave an order not sponsored by regulation due to the fact there is no structure on the ground that could make the police carry out the order.
“When structures are on the ground, humans will understand which you are serious. We have problems of insecurity in Nigeria due to the fact the Nigeria Police has failed. They are much like security guards. They haven't any vehicles to visit the bush.
“Many country governors acquire between N500m and N700m every month as security vote however we don’t know what they do with it.
“They will simply purchase some automobiles for the police. As of nowadays, there's no bill against open grazing in Ondo State.
“The bill must involve all of the stakeholders to be powerful. Traditional rulers should be advocated to installation vigilante and stop movement of cows.”
Governors now turn Amotekun to frame guards
Tofowomo said the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Amotekun, has no longer finished its goal because governors of the South West vicinity didn’t deliver crucial stakeholders alongside at the formative stages.
He said, “The governors of the South-West created Amotekun without getting the enter of critical stakeholders.
“I am not part of it as a senator. We have 18 senators from the South-West and none people turned into involved. The members of the House of Representatives were not additionally involved.
“They should have worried a number of humans. They should have carried all of us alongside. They have to have organised a big symposium and the verbal exchange at the quit of it should suggest that all of us have agreed.
“They simply took the bill immediately to the Houses of Assembly with out the input of stakeholders. We aren't part of it. We are simply looking them like a movie. That is why they can not address lack of confidence in their states.”
The Senator advised in opposition to the use of self-defence to tackle the herdsmen menace inside the South-West.
He stated, “Self-defence is a incorrect tactic. Those who're advocating it are putting the cat before the pony.
“They have to as an alternative tell the governors who are the usage of the Amotekun as body guards to fund them and role the corps to address the herdsmen.”
The Senator warned the ones agitating for amnesty for bandits need to perish the thought because it might spell doom for the country.
He stated, “Amnesty for repentant bandits can’t work. Where will you discover them? They are hiding in thick forests.
“The money you'll spend on amnesty should be used to equip the Nigeria Police. We can’t have effective policing whilst we don’t have good enough wide variety of personnel inside the Nigeria Police Force.”
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