Togun also threatened to employ the use of bees and poisonous snakes, in the fight against bandits in Oyo State and South Western Nigeria
By Kehinde Okeowo
Retired army officer and Chairman of Oyo State Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, General Kunle Togun (retd), has vowed to employ the use of bees and poisonous snakes in the war against bandits terrorizing his state and South-West region.
Togun issued the threat, while delivering a lecture at the special meeting of Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF) held over the weekend in Otu Township Hall, Otu, Itesiwaju local government area of the state.
The Amotekun boss, who accused President Buhari of allowing banditry to fester, also called on the Federal Government to allow Amotekun operatives to make use of AK 47 and other standard weapons to fight banditry in the Southwestern states
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He went on to state that Oyo State is an easy target for foreign bandits because of its vast land space, closeness to foreign borders and body of thick forest, saying the forest presents a place they could hide and attack the people.
Togun said, ”During the COVID-19 global restriction, these people were allowed into Nigeria and every corner of the country they wished without hindrance, President Buhari is their backer and we all know.
“These people were coming to Oke-Ogun in trailers and some of our traditional rulers allowed this in their domains despite the fact that people took pictures and videos which they posted online, we will not stop talking about it.
”For us to maintain peace and keep these bandits away we will resort to the use of bees and poisonous snakes, I have traveled as far as ‘Ibariba’ area to see great hunters on this, this can even change the perspective of warfare in the world, instead of physical weaponry, let us use wild animals for once.”