COMMANDANT of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, Mr Adekunle Omoyele, yesterday, said the corps would not jettison the potency of ?African science? in tackling banditry in the state.

Fielding questions from newsmen in Osogbo, Mr Omoyele said the founders of Amotekun deliberately embraced African science as part of the method with which the corps would combat crime and criminals.

He said the corps, under his command, retained the ideology but advocated that they should be allowed to carry sophisticated weapons which bandits and armed robbers wield as well.

He urged stakeholders in the security sector to pave the way for Amotekun personnel to carry sophisticated weapons to match that being carried by criminals to ensure a balance of force.

Omoyele said: ?People that established Amotekun believed that we need some forces, especially African science that can withstand similar forces that would be wielded by the enemies, when you see most of these bandits or when you can arrest or conquer them, you will see a lot of charms on them. They even recite incantations. So, we are not abandoning the use of spiritual forces, it is part of our system and we are always combat-ready, weapon-wise and spiritually.

?When I came on board we had the challenges of personnel and logistics which kept us very far behind our colleagues in Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo states. But with the approval of Governor Adeleke, we will commence recruitment of 1000 personnel while our logistics will also be ready.

?Apart from these, we are also in possession of a world-class emergency centre which when refurbished would help us to monitor crime activities across major cities in the state. We are battle-ready and would not allow criminals to have any level of freedom in our state.? (Vanguard: Text Excluding Headline)

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