Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has formally inaugurated the Ogun State chapter of the Iru Ekun Security Network, a community-based initiative aimed at supporting efforts to combat insecurity across the South-West.

The launch, held on Wednesday, attracted a large gathering of supporters and volunteers, with videos and photographs from the event showing hundreds of participants assembled at the venue, many dressed in matching black outfits and caps.

Addressing the gathering, Igboho said the security network would operate under a structured system involving training, identification and coordination with government authorities.

He urged members to maintain discipline and warned them against abusing their positions or identification cards to engage in unlawful activities.

“You must have discipline. Do not engage in reckless behaviour or ruin things just because they have trained you and you have ID card,” he told the participants.

Igboho said the Federal Government would determine the trainers for the organisation, while the Ogun State Government would determine where trained members would be deployed.

“Federal Government will decide who will come and train us. The Governor’s Office will tell us where they will place us,” he said.

He added that members would receive identification cards at the local government level after completing their training.

According to him, the Ogun State Government has also assured the group of its support, including the possibility of monthly allowances for members.

“The Governor has also given us assurance. They have given us support here, and they will decide what monthly allowance to provide to us, to support us, because we have wives, and we have children,” Igboho said.

The activist said the long-term objective was to establish a recognised security structure across the South-West, with members properly identified and positioned to support efforts to maintain security and order in their communities.

He likened the initiative to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, recalling that the organisation began as a grassroots security outfit before gaining federal recognition.

“This organisation we established, if we execute it properly—just like Civil Defence. They started at the market. We used to call them ‘Little Defence,’ but they did good work with what they were doing. The federal government have now fully established it across all of Nigeria,” he said.

Iru Ekun, meaning “leopard’s tail” in Yoruba, was established by Igboho as a community-based security initiative intended to complement existing efforts against kidnapping, banditry and other forms of criminality in the South-West.