The Commander of Osun Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, Brigadier General Bashir Adewimbi (retd.), said more operatives would be recruited to strengthen security and flush out bandits hiding in forests.
Adewimbi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Saturday in Ede, stating that they had credible intelligence that bandits and criminals were hiding in the forests.
He said, “The banditry and terrorism we are experiencing in our region now is the spill over effect of what is happening around the country.
“We have credible intelligence that bandits are all in our forests and we are strategising to comb the forests and make sure we drive them away or arrest them.”
The commander said, ”The operatives of the corps are determined to go into the forests flush out theses criminals using the forests as their hideout.
“The governor has approved the recruitment of more operatives who are competent.
“We will not be recruiting or engaging those who are just looking for work but people that are bold and courageous that will go into the forest to confront and combat criminals hiding in the forests.