As part of efforts to reduce criminality and ensure normalcy in the state, the Ekiti State government led by Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday launched a special security patrol team code named ‘Operation Flush’.

Speaking during the event held at the Government House, Ado-Ekiti, the State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, said the move was to complement the operations of all crime fighting outfits in the state.

Ceoafrica gathered that the governor who directed local government chairmen to ensure that road medians and shoulders are cleared across the state warned members of the team not to engage in harassment, extortion or intimidation of members of the public.

The team is made of officers from the police, the military, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

“All hands must be on deck to make police and security agencies succeed and we are supporting them in this regard. Majority of crimes are committed in the Northern part of the state and Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

A response team that would be able to respond quickly in any part of the state is what we need.

“The team is set up under the existing security structures of the military, police, the civil defence corps among others. I implore people to avail them the necessary information that they need to work with and succeed. They are not to harass, intimidate or extort anybody, as they will be monitored and as for me, I don’t have any opposition to harass or muzzle,” he said.