The Ekiti Security Network Board has said that the 325 successful candidates shortlisted out of the 3,261 applicants invited for the just concluded screening would commence training on Sunday.
The Commander of the security network, also known as “Amotekun”, Brig-Gen. Joe Komolafe (rtd), disclosed this while interacting with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday.
Komolafe said those who scaled through the screening hurdles are to report for training at the Ifaki-Ekiti campus of Ekiti State University (EKSU) on Sunday.
According to him, registration will commence on Sunday and last for four days, while the training will run till Oct. 19
He urged the successful candidates to resume to camp within the stipulated period, warning that there would be no further registration after the cut-off date of the midnight of Sept. 30.
The Amotekun boss said that only successful candidates whose names appeared on the Amotekun website were to come to the training camp.
He added that they should come with two white T-shirts, two white PT shorts, two pairs of white canvas shoes, hand sanitisers, facemasks and toiletries among other items.
Komolafe, who advised applicants to visit the Amotekun website for further details, said the screening panel adhered strictly to the requirements needed in the course of the exercise.
He explained that some of the applicants were screened out for non-provision of attestation letter from traditional rulers, physical features, tattoo marks and alteration, as well as falsification of documents.
The corps commander described the exercise as transparent, with personnel of the Amotekun Agency and certified security experts involved in the process.
He boasted that with the recruitment of the corps, the spate of insecurity would be reduced to the barest minimum, urging criminal-minded elements to steer clear of Ekiti or be ready to face their waterloo.
The Amotekun boss, however, lauded Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for his commitment towards the provision of all necessary logistical and moral supports to ensure the effective take-off of the security network.
