By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Senatorial Candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial District, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has hailed the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, for the purchase and arrival of two surveillance aircraft to improve the state’s security situation.
Oguntoyinbo said the arrival of the aircraft on Tuesday was a testimony that Gov. Makinde was a thorough democrat and genuine, painstaking leader.
There were reports that Oyo State government, on Tuesday, bolstered its security architecture with the delivery of two surveillance aircraft, as Gov. Makinde said the investment would significantly improve intelligence gathering, aerial surveillance and rapid response to security threats across the state.
The aircraft were received by the governor at the newly-upgraded tarmac of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, about one year after the state announced plans to procure them as part of efforts to strengthen security operations.
Makinde said the procurement was conceived long before the recent abduction of pupils and teachers at Ahoro Esinele Community Grammar School, Oriire Local Government Area, stressing that the acquisition was part of a strategic security plan and not a reaction to the incident.
In a statement, Oguntoyinbo said that with the arrival of the aircraft, Gov. Makinde had shamed his critics and detractors who thought he was lying about the purchase of the aircraft.
The senatorial flagbearer said those critics could now see that they could not destroy what he described as the good name and good work of Gov. Makinde.
He said Makinde had, with the successful arrival of both aircraft, set a standard for other states in Nigeria in tackling insecurity and criminality.
Oguntoyinbo said the aircraft would ensure timely nipping of criminality in the bud, besides nabbing of criminals in acts of crime, and saluted the governor’s courage, saying with the purchase, he had shown determination to reduce, “if not eliminate the high rate of insecurity in the country.”
“I commend Governor Seyi Makinde on this feat. The arrival of the surveillance aircraft is a testimony to his determination to wipe out criminality.
“It is a thing of joy that this is coming few weeks after the safe rescue of the Oriire kidnap victims,” the APM candidate said.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Makinde.
