The South-East Governors Forum has said it would soon name a regional security outfit for the South-East geopolitical zone.

This is coming barely a month after South-West governors launched Amotekun, the Western Nigeria Security Network to combat kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes.

According to a communique released after the Forum met in Enugu on Sunday, the governors said the process for the set-up of the outfit commenced in 2019.

In a communiqué read by Forum Chairman and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, the forum said that the State Houses of Assembly in the zone have commenced the process of enacting enabling laws to give the outfit legal backing.

The governors added that the Federal Government has been duly informed about plans to launch the outfit.