Yuletide: Seasons Amotekun Corps Parades 22 Suspects In Ondo State.
By Exponent News.3rd December, 2024.
The Ondo State Security Network Agency codename Amotekun has paraded twenty two (22) suspects for degrees of offenses in the state. The suspects were arrested across the eighteen local government areas in the state. According to the State Commander of the corps Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, while parading the Suspects before the Pressmen at the command headquarters in Akure, said ” Today, we are parading 22 suspects that were arrested around the 18 local governments of Ondo State within the last 14 days.”
Adetunji Adeleye, while briefing the Pressmen categorized the offense committed by the suspects in groups .In his words ” On the review this week, the security situation of the state, Ondo State, is as follows.Those that broke down law and order, 19. Enforcement of government policies, 0. Land and Chief Township crisis in Ondo State, under this period, under review, 0. Labour Union crisis, 0. Anti-grazing and farmers’ Headers clashes that were not amicably resolved, Human trafficking, 0.
On kidnapping issue, we have 3 suspects. Student affairs crisis, 0. Militancy, 0. Political activities, no crisis.Religious activity, no crisis. Cultism, no crisis. Across the board, we have 3 suspects arrested for kidnapping, 2 arrested for suspected robbery.We have burglary and stealing of household items, 1. Burglary and stealing of electronics, 2. Conspiracy, burglary and stealing, we have 3. Breaking and entry, we have 4. Stealing of copper wire, motorcycle, sewing machine, and cables, we have 5.”
Items recovered
In another development, Adetunji Adeleye said ” However, we have a kidnap, two kidnapped suspects, and this is supposed to be a lesson for our people at home. The kidnap actually took place in a rubber estate in Edo State, and tracking brought them to the southern sanitary district of Ondo State.”
He said “After diligent investigation and tracking, men of the Ondo State security network agency were able to apprehend the primary suspect and the soft targets here with us today. But before then, some other suspects had been arrested by men of the state security services of Edo State.”
Explaining further, Adeleye said ” Rather than waste time on their prosecution in Ondo State, and in the spirit of collaboration, we would release these two suspects to the office of the director of state security services of Edo State for them to conclude and complete the trial of those that were apprehended.”
Similarly, Adeleye explained that ” I want to state that one of the soft targets unknowingly harboured a kidnap victim for more than a week, and our investigation showed that he might not have been totally briefed that the man kept in his custody was kidnapped”
He advised that people should be conscious of the visitors they kept in the their house. His words ” Please, this period, be weary of visitors you allow into your privacy. Again, make sure you have relevant papers that cover the sale of second-hand products you purchase” He asked people to report any suspected movement to the Amotekun Corps by calling their hotline.While we request your support in contacting the Amotekun call on our distress call line which remains 0807-99-999-89. We count on your support for our continued success.”
Further more, Adeleye said one thousand two hundred personnel of the Amotekun Corps would be deployed across the eighteen local government in the state during this Yuletide seasons and that despite the few incidents of the activities of the suspects , Ondo State still remain one of the safest state for people to live.
” I want to say that despite the pressure of the Yuletide period, Ondo State remains very, very safe. Recall that a couple of weeks ago, we had commenced our 24-hour, 7-day Yuletide patrol across the 18 local governments of the state.And men of the Ondo State security network agencies are all over these places, enforcing and ensuring that you can have your two eyes closed while you’re sleeping”.
