Crime

Amotekun Nabs Serial Kidnapper, Others, In Ondo

By Web News 934

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

Crime

Amotekun Corps Arrests 42 Cows in Akure as Herders Flee

By Web News 1271

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.

Olorunferanmi Odofin