Ekiti State Governor, Doctor Kayode Fayemi, has announced plans for joint patrol of Southwest states by security operatives under the aegis of Operation Rapid Response Squad to tame the insecurity in the region.

As the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Fayemi also said he had been midwifing series of meetings across the country and Southeast in particular on the need to have a joint security network that would stamp out criminals from the zone.

The governor, who spoke during a statewide radio/television programme tagged ‘Meet your Governor’, said, “Very soon, the people in the Southwest would be seeing leopard branded patrol vehicles of the RRS.

According to him, this was a modern security outfit that would be operating in Ekiti and other Southwest states, saying they were to work hand-in-hand to ward off any form of security threat.

He said the governors, traditional rulers and other stakeholders were meeting across the Southwest and were taking steps to ensure the people were safe to do their businesses without fear of being killed or kidnapped.

Fayemi said government had signed into law, the Ekiti State Security Trust Bill, which was billed to help in fortifying the security architecture of the state on commencement of operation.

The governor, who reiterated his position that the federal police structure in operation was grossly inadequate to secure the country, said such had underscored the need for the establishment of state police, clarifying that the personnel would understand the terrain as it would ensure better security cover for Nigerians.