Security

Ondo Resumes Ban on Okada, Use of Tinted Glasses

By Web News 866

The Ondo State government has ordered resumed the enforcement of the ban on motorcycle operations outside 6am-6pm, nightclub activities beyond 12 midnight and the use of tinted glasses on vehicles without an official permit.

The governor’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Chief Adetunji Adeleye and Corps Commander of the Amotekun corps, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure.

According to the statement, Chief Adeleye said, “in furtherance of the current administration’s efforts to rid the state of criminally-minded persons or groups, law enforcement agencies are to resume enforcement on the ban on motorcycle operations outside 6am-6pm, night club activities beyond 12 midnight, use of vehicles with tinted glasses without a permit, unregistered vehicles, use of sticker number plates in lieu of car dealership approved stickers”. 

He said all security agencies are hereby enjoined to impound all such motorcycles and vehicles while the owners or riders would be prosecuted.

The government encourages all vehicle and motorcycle owners to register their vehicles/motorcycles as defaulters would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

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Crime

Unknown Gunmen Injure Two in Owo Attack

By Web News 430

Two workers of a Road Construction Company in Owo Council Area of Ondo State have been seriously injured during an attack by unknown gunmen at the construction site.

According to reports, the workers whose names are yet to be made known were attacked at about 9:45 pm on Wednesday night during a dynamite explosion unleashed by the hoodlums.

Radio Nigeria gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically into the air and damaged the trucks at the site before bolting away.

It was also gathered that the injured persons had been taken to the hospital and responding to treatment.

Confirming the attack, the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye who spoke with newsmen confirmed that it was the two security men on ground that were injured.

” They got the windscreen of the Caterpillar of the construction company damaged and the injured men have been receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.

According to the Amotekun Commander who doubles as the Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor on Security Matters, “by the grace of God, the situation is under control and I urge everyone to go about their normal businesses as I am on my way back to the Technical College where the newly recruited Amotekun officers are undergoing training, he said.

Earlier in the week, gunmen identified as miscreants by the Police attacked a police station in Akure metropolis, the Ondo State capital killing a police officer but were repelled from gaining entrance into the station.

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Ondo Govt. Distributes 50 Operational Vehicles to Security Outfits

By Web News 527

In the bid to boost security in Ondo State, the government has distributed fifty operational vehicles to security agencies.

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu while handing over the vehicles in Akure, said there was no amount of resources invested in safeguarding the lives of citizens that could be too much due to the surge of alarming criminal activities in the country.

While lamenting a series of security breaches, Governor Akeredolu further appealed for a re-jig of the nation’s security architecture and collaboration among the agencies to effectively check terrorists and bandits’ attacks. 

Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters and the Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye appreciated the government, saying the vehicles would aid the operations of the operatives.

The fifty vehicles were given out to Nigeria Police, the Army, the DSS, Amotekun and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.

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Akeredolu Appoints Adetunji Adeleye as Special Adviser on Security Matters

By Web News 596

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has approved the appointment of Chief Adetunji Adeleye as his Special Adviser on Security Matters.

The appointment takes immediate effect.

Chief Adeleye will, however, continue to function as the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network (Amotekun Corps).

The appointment is part of the efforts of the Governor to further strengthen the security arrangement and improve the working relationship between government and security agencies in the state.

Governor Akeredolu congratulates the new appointee while charging him to double efforts in the fight against crime and criminals in the state.

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Amotekun Nabs Kidnapper, Fraudsters, Cultists, In Ondo

By Web News 1161

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed “Amotekun Corps” have apprehended a suspected kidnapper, Samuel Lucky Akpan, who allegedly abducted a four-year-old boy at the Alagbaka area of Akure.

The Ondo State Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who paraded Akpan alongside 17 other suspected criminals who have been terrorizing residents of the state, pointed out that the suspect had an intent of selling the victim for 200,000 naira.

Speaking with newsmen at the Command’s Headquarters in Akure, Chief Adeleye said the feat was in continuation of the Command’s determination to rid the state of criminals threatening the lives and peace of residents.

The Amotekun commander also disclosed that those of the suspects whose investigations gave been concluded would be charged to court.

The 23-year-old kidnapper, Akpan, who abducted the four-year-old boy in Alagbaka, confessed to the crime, saying he was planning to sell the boy for 200,000 naira.

Other suspects who were apprehended for internet fraud and cultism were nine middle-aged young men whose ages range between 18 to 30 years.

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Security

Amotekun Foils 35 Kidnap Attacks, Arrests Two Gold Miners In Ondo

By Web News 823

The Ondo State Security Agency Network Codenamed Amotekun Corps said it has foiled 35 kidnap cases from May 2020 to September 2021.

Two illegal gold miners were also arrested by operatives of the corps in the state.

The state Commander of the Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye added that the corps has attended to 2,633 cases within the same period.

Briefing reporters in Akure, the Amotekun boss, said the Corps also arrested 1000 suspects, waded into 515 herders/farmers clashes and arrested kidnappers.

He added that the Corps has also impounded 26 cars and over 1000 Okadas, totalling 2,633 cases from May 2020 to September 2021.

“Operation Amotekun” is the codename for the security initiative of the South West Governors under the leadership of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to address the wanton killings, kidnappings, armed robbery and other forms of criminalities in the state and the Southwest region”

Adeleye said one of the challenges facing the Corps was lack of the need to get legal backing to allow the Agency carry weapons commensurate with the firepower of criminals.

He added that the Corps need to secure large expanse of land for training camp/barracks for the Agency.

He also mentioned improved subvention to address officers’ welfare/training, maintenance of 24 hours surveillance and acquisition of hardware for officers.

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Crime

Amotekun Corps Rescue 18-Year-Old Kidnap Victim In Ore

By Web News 830

An 18-year-old, Segun Thomas who lived in Mushin area of Lagos State has been rescued by men of the Amotekun Corps from the captivity of a 65-year-old suspected ritualist and kidnapper named Akorede Lawal in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo state.

It was learnt that the boy who is undergoing training as an Automobile mechanic, was hypnotised by the suspect and brought to Ore.

It was said that men of the Intelligence Unit of Ondo Amotekun Corps who were on duty got wind of the situation and rescued the teenager man and arrested the suspect at More Motor Park whisked him to Akure.

Speaking with the victim, Segun Thomas who said he left home for the mechanic shop where he is an apprentice, a workshop very close to his house, met the man who asked him for a helping hand and that was all he could remember.

Responding, the suspect, Lawal who said he was an ex-herbalist, and that he innocently asked the boy to help him carry his bag, added that he willingly embarked on the journey with him.

Confirming the arrest, the Ondo State Amotekun Corps Commander, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said his men who were posted around motor parks in Ore noticed some funny behaviour between the young boy and the suspect when he was apprehended.

The Amotekun Commander who advised parents to teach their wards to be wary of strangers, added that the suspect will soon be charged to court.

Also reacting, mother of the victim, a 42-year-old food vendor, Mrs. Rashidat Babatunde who lives with her four children in Mushin, Lagos State, thanked Ondo Amotekun for rescuing her son.

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Crime

Amotekun Nabs Serial Kidnapper, Others, In Ondo

By Web News 953

Three suspects have been apprehended by officers of Ondo State Security outfit, Amotekun, for offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, and attempted murder.

Parading them earlier in Akure, the Amotekun commander in Ondo State, Chief Adetunji Adeleye said 37-year-old Usman Garba a native of Niger State, was involved in a kidnapping act which was later foiled by officers of Amotekun while others are still at large.

He said 24-year-old Olanrewaju Olaleye from Okitipupa was arrested for armed robbery and that some dangerous weapons were recovered from him; while Lawal Haruna was arrested for attempted murder.

The alleged kidnapping perpetrator who confessed his involvement in two kidnappings, explained that he was co-opted to kidnapping by sponsors he claimed not to know, noting that the last operation which led to his arrest was to earn him 400,000 naira as his sponsors were billed to receive 4 million naira ransom, while he got 30,000 naira from his first operation. Leke Adegbite

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Amotekun Corps Arrests 42 Cows in Akure as Herders Flee

By Web News 1297

The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed “Amotekun Corps” has arrested 42 cows for destroying farmlands around Alagbaka extension in Akure, the state capital.

Briefing journalists, the Ondo State Commander, Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, explained that the cows were arrested after series of complaints by owners of the farms in the axis.

According to him, over eight separate farmlands with crops such as maize and cassava were completely destroyed by the herdsmen who usually graze their cows around the affected area.

The Corps Commander noted that the herders who were heavily armed chased away the farm owners who later contacted the Amotekun Corps.

Chief Adeleye also revealed that when the joint security network including Agro-Rangers of the NSCDC got to the scene, the herders again attempted to attack them but they were overpowered by the security operatives, leading to the arrest of the cows while the herders however took to their heels.

The Corps Commander who advised farmers to always alert the Corps whenever they see cows destroying their crops added that the cow owners would not only pay for the crops destroyed but would be equally prosecuted.

The affected farmers, Loveday Job and Olawale Aluko, who said the heavily armed herders would have killed them if they had not taken to their heels added that the herders had consistently grazed their farms despite several complaints to security agencies without effect.

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