The Ondo state Amotekun security outfit, has arrested 39 suspected terrorists who fled Sokoto state after the US military airstrikes in Nigeria’s North-West on Christmas day.
The state commander of the security outfit, Chief Adetunji Adeleye while parading 100 suspected criminals who were arrested across the state, said that the 39 suspected bandits claimed they fled from Sokoto state.
According to Adeleye, the suspects, after escaping from the Northern parts of the state, relocated to the forests in the state.
He said; ” A couple of days ago, 39 suspects were arrested, all together, claiming that as a result of the heat turned on them in the northern part of the country, they are relocating into the forest.
“We are still profiling them, and after the profiling, we may have to send them back, but those found with incriminating equipment and materials will surely be prosecuted.
“The government has made its position known. For you to stay in our forest areas, you must obtain permits.
“So, the sudden influx of this element poses a lot of questions that we are still working on. I have them equally arraigned.”
The cmmmader added that the synergy between the border patrols of Ekiti/ Ondo, Osun/Ondo, Ogun/Ondo have yielded “tremendous results such that we have some suspects not paraded today because we’ve not completed investigations, that we had to go to Ogun State to bring them back.”
He stated” We have arrested about 100 suspects, out of which 61 are on parade today, 50 of them engaged in breaking of law and order, two on anti-open grazing , six on kidnapping related cases, and three on abuse of gender and rape.”
He explained that the age bracket of the suspects ranged between 18 and 45 years.
Similarly, Adeleye stated that three suspects, including a 19 year-old Daniel Ojo, a 33-year-old Usman, and one Bejide, 41, have been arrested in Isinkan area of Akure, the state capital over rape cases.
He concluded by commending the state governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ” for giving us an enabling environment to thrive.
He added; “We thank all security agencies in the state, the police, the civil defense, the army, the DSS, the vigilantes, and the public generally for the support we received from them.”
