Mr Lawal said that about 2,070 applicants from the South-West region had applied since the portal for army recruitment opened on October 2.
He said the Amotekun corps would continue to provide adequate security in every nook and cranny of the state.
The Makinde administration established the PMS in 2019 following years of friction and violent rivalry among the transport unions in the state.
There was mayhem in Ibadan as phone sellers, and NURTW thugs clashed, with Governor Seyi Makinde sneaking out when angry youths stormed his office.
The NCS, it was gathered, raided the market around 1.00 a.m., breaking into shops and warehouses, carting away bags of rice in six trucks.
