Amotekun arrests APC ward chairman’s k!ller, 31 others
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, said it has arrested no fewer than 32 persons suspected to be criminals across the state.
The corps also said it had arrested one of the prime suspects who killed the ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Nelson Adepoyigi, who was kidnapped by some armed men at the entrance of his farm along Ifon-Owo road, in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of the state last month.
He was abducted along with two other victims.
Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the command, in Akure, the state capital, on Monday, the Amotekun Commander, Akogun Adeleye, said the suspects were arrested at different locations across the 18 local government areas of the state.
According to him, the suspects allegedly committed crimes such as kidnapping, rape, robbery, stealing along others.
Adeleye said the alleged killer of the APC chieftain had confessed to the killing of the politician.
He said, ” Today, we are parading 32 suspects. These 32 suspects were arrested across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State for infringement of the existing laws. I also want to place on record that the task force put in place to bring sanity to the restive in Akure North is still in force, the Amotekun Rangers are domiciled with officers and men from all security agencies in and out of the area. So, as we talk, in the last 14 days, there has been no bad incident of attack on farmers and residents of Ago-Oyinbo, Ago-dada and the Power line area where we usually have attacks.
“Again, one of the prime suspects of the killing of a ward chairman in Ose (LGA ) had been arrested, he had confessed and he had taken us back into the forest where we retrieved some of the items they took from their families (families of the victims).
“What we are saying in effect is that in the last two weeks in Ondo State, we have been able to ensure that there is no ransom paid for kidnapping, which remains the position of the good people and government of Ondo State.”
Giving the breakdown of the number of suspects, the Amotekun Commander said, “For those breaking laws and order, we arrested 20 suspects, pending enforcement, no suspect arrested in the last two weeks. Land and chieftaincy matter; no suspect arrested. In the labour union, no suspect was arrested.
“On anti-grazing, only one suspect and he will be facing the law as stated in the anti-open grazing law. On human trafficking, none. On kidnapping, we have 10 suspects and the majority of them are the victims, identifying them.
“On robbery, we have two. These two are here today with the victims and this one happened on the Benin Expressway. They had been arrested and an investigation continues on them. On rape, we have only one suspect,” he stated.
Adetunji gave the identities of the kidnap suspects, to include “a 35-year-old Ali, a 30-year-old Habeeb, a 45-year-old Bobade, a 25-year-old Shedrak, a 25-year-old Adamu, a 20-year-old Adelewa, a 40-year-old Suleiman, a 20-year-old Mohamed, an 18-year-old Suleiman Isiaka and an 18-year-old Husseini. All are being investigated as suspected kidnappers.”
“They were arrested in Ute-Owo Forest, Jugbere Forest, and Ipele in Owo. On armed robbery, we have three, including one Michael, a 23-year-old, who was arrested around the Roscoe area in Odigbo. There is also a Lawal, 37, arrested for forgery, false information, aiding and abetting robbery around the Powerline Axis.”
