In a bid to draw the attention of concerned authorities to the rising dimension of insecurity in Ondo, State some women of Akoko South-Wedt Local Government Area, have protested to the Palace Of Traditional Ruler of Olubaka of Oka-Akoko.
The women in their hundreds, brandishing brooms and Bibles, besieged the streets of Oka Akoko, Akungba Akoko and other Akoko communities in the Northern Senatorial area of the state chanting various songs to drive home their protest against the insecurity.
The protest was sequel to the recent kidnap of some teachers by bandits in Auga Akoko as well as the attack of 17 travellers on Ifira Akoko-Isua Akoko road by armed robbers among others.
Addressing the women, the Olubaka of Oka-Akoko, Yusuf Adebori Adeleye decried the state of insecurity which, he said, has forced many businesses in the area to shut down and, however, expressed the hope that the situation would soon be a thing of the past.
He charged the people to adopt communual efforts in tackling the security challenges, even as he appealed to able-bodied men to form vigilante groups that will work with local hunters and security agencies to fight crime in the area.
The royal father commended the efforts of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for the establishment of the Amotekun corps which he said has been joining forces with the existing security apparatus to fight crime in the State.
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