On Monday, 11th December 2023, the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun, paraded no less than sixty-two individuals who are purportedly involved in a range of criminal operations around the state.
The suspects were detained in several locations throughout the state’s eighteen local government districts, according to the state security corps.
The State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, paraded the suspects at the agency’s headquarters in Akure, the State Capital, and explained that the arrests were a part of the corps’ efforts to make sure the holiday season was free of crime.
He claimed that with the help of other sister security agencies, the corps was able to make the arrests.
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“Distress calls received, surveillance activities of Amotekun men, and all the security agencies in the state, inclusive of the Police, the NSCDC, the DSS, and the Nigeria Army, in various joint operations, led to the arrest of these suspected criminals,” Adeleye stated.
“This ember month patrol is strategic because we are committed to ensuring the safety of people travelling via the state’s highways as well as the lives and property within Ondo State. All told, we were successful in apprehending roughly fifteen kidnappers. A few of them were armed.”
“However, the sharp-eyed agents managed to apprehend a few of them, particularly in Akure North Local Government’s Ala/Dada/Ago Oyinbo axis. Additionally, there are some alleged kidnappers terrorising the Elegbeka axis in the state’s Ose LGA. Among them are armed robbers who were actually apprehended in the city of Akure as well as individuals who specialise in shoplifting.”
The commander mentioned that one Usman Garuba, who was detained on charges of kidnapping and arson, was among the suspects. It was claimed that the suspect, an ex-convict, had set fire to a community.
“Garuba was apprehended in the vicinity of the Ala/Dada/Ago-Oyinbo axis. He has successfully abducted more than nine victims and demanded a ransom. He once led five other people back to a village at night and set a community on fire because the villagers had tried to resist him. Thus, he is in our care and was previously incarcerated,” Adeleye said.
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