Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, at the weekend said it has arrested more than 4,000 suspected criminals across the 18 local government areas of the state in the last five months.
The agency said the suspects involved in various criminal activities, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, human trafficking, illegal possession of firearms, among others, specifically between January and May this year.
The state commander of the corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeyeye, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Akure, the state capital.
Chief Adeleye, who is also the Special Adviser to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Security Matters, said the corps was committed to making the state crime-free and would not relent on its Operation Clean-Up efforts to eradicate crime in the state.
He noted that the crime rate in the state, going by statistics, had dropped by more 70 than per cent.
Leke Adegbite
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