Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has lauded church leaders in the state for complying with government directives on the compulsory installation of Close Circuit Television(CCTV) cameras in their churches and public places. Akeredolu stated this at the Agape International Church 34th Annual Convention 2022, held in Akure.
Recall that the Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary(CPS), Richard Olatunde, announced the extension of the enforcement of compulsory installation of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) devices in all public places in the state to September 1, 2022. The extension was sequel to appeals from churches, mosques and other public centres to enable them to put in place necessary measures as contained in the State Executive Order.
The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, also used the occasion to thank God for the arrest of attackers of St. Francis Catholic Church Owo, saying it is a prayer answered. He further charged the congregation and all residents of the state to always be security conscious and be alert.
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“If you see something, say something. If you hear something, say something. Please let us be watchful and be security conscious. Our security lies in our hands. We must be alert. God will continue to protect all of us.
“Whatever the government asks you to do, please comply. Have security men at your gates, have your CCTV cameras and check all new faces before allowing them into your churches,” he said.
He warned those acting as informants to kidnappers in the state, stressing that anybody, camp or village that aids and abets kidnappers in the state would be obliterated. He said, “We will not wait for us to be captured. Nobody can capture us. We are from Ondo State, we are indomitable, we are fighters and we will fight to the last.”
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