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Gov assures residents, says lives, property must be protected for Ondo to prosper
Ondo State Governor, Dr Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday February 25,2026 reaffirmed that security remains the fulcrum upon which sustainable development rests.
He cautioned that no society can prosper in an atmosphere of fear, no economy can thrive where lives and property are unsafe and no government can legitimately claim success if it fails in its primary responsibility of protecting its people.
The Governor disclosed this during the passing-out parade of Batch 05 (BR05) of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, held at the historic parade ground of the Ondo State House of Assembly Arcade Complex in Akure.
Describing the ceremony as symbolic, strategic and historic, the Governor said the event marked a decisive moment in consolidating the state’s security architecture.
The Governor, reminiscing about the event, remarked that the scene evoked memories of his late predecessor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, the erstwhile Amotekun 001.
The newly recruited operatives, he noted, are well-trained, disciplined and ideologically re-oriented men and women who have willingly offered themselves in service to the peace, stability and collective survival of Ondo State.
Congratulating them on completing what he characterised as a rigorous training programme, Governor Aiyedatiwa observed that they arrived as civilians but were departing as guardians of the homeland, ambassadors of lawful authority and custodians of community trust.
He explained that his administration’s decision to strengthen and consistently invest in the Amotekun Corps was informed by clear-eyed realism and strategic foresight, rather than sentiment, politics or fleeting expediency.
The corps, he said, was conceived and has continued to evolve as a community-rooted, intelligence-driven, law-guided and constitut.
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