The Southwest Governors Forum is set to create a South West Regional Security Fund to strengthen responses to insecurity in the region.
This initiative aims to address the rise in kidnapping, banditry, illegal mining, and unregulated interstate migration.
The decision was reached during a meeting of the six governors on Monday at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan, Oyo State.
In the communiqué issued at the end, it was agreed that all six states would support coordinated operations, joint intelligence sharing, and rapid-response initiatives across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti states.
The governors also emphasised that the establishment of state police “can no longer be delayed.”
They applauded President Bola Tinubu for security interventions in states affected by kidnappings, while urging sustained attention on regional development.