Amotekun arrests 27 suspected criminals in Ondo

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps, has arrested no fewer than 27 persons in connection with various criminal activities in the state.

According to the corps, the suspects were involved in crimes such as kidnapping, stealing, murder, and burglary among others.

Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the corps, in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday, the state Commander of the Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, said the suspects were arrested at different locations across the state .

He said, “Today, we have a total of 27 suspects on parade. In the last two weeks across the state, on law and order, that is breaking of law and order, we have 27 suspects. The uniqueness of today’s parade is that apart from very little cases, about two or three kidnapping cases at the borders, that is the Akunu-Kogi-Ondo border, where we had two cases of kidnapping and in Ose border-Edo-Ondo border, where we had one case in the last two weeks, we could say that the entire 18 Local Government Areas are at peace.

“Generally, I want to place it on record that Ondo State is peaceful and community-friendly, investment-friendly, and farmers are encouraged to go to their farms as the Amotekun rangers are already in the farms across the state, especially in the Government Forest Reserves to ensure that there are no infringements.

“Apart from this, what the security situation has enumerated is telling us  is that as a result of the harsh economic situation we have in the country, there are more cases of house-breaking. A 30-year-old man who engaged in malicious damage, cultism, and attempted murder of law enforcement agents was nabbed. We have a 42-year-old man who attacked Amotekun officers in a bid to cover his nefarious activity by the name, Gbenro.  We equally have Samuel Peter, a 21-year-old man, who engaged in an attempted murder and one Akimade Friday, who murdered and killed a 65-year-old man outright.

Furthermore, he stated that they narrowed down on one Segun Owolabi, 20 years old, who engaged in stealing motorcycles and robbing to dispossess rightful owners.

He said, “We have a gang that specialises in burgling houses, especially when owners of such houses are not in their houses. We have Toba, Pelumi, Ogumade, Oriade, whose age bracket ranges between 22 and 25. We equally have Shegwo Yusuf, who engages in malicious damage of household properties.”

The Amotekun commander, however, declared that the state was peaceful while the corps had been able to resolve little issues that were occuring in the communities across the state.