The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling crime across the state, declaring that there is no hiding place for criminals in Ondo State.
The Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, stated this while parading forty-six suspects at the Amotekun Headquarters in Akure.
He said security operations initially introduced for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration had been sustained across the eighteen local government areas due to prevailing security challenges.
Akogun Adeleye explained that the agency’s Border Control Patrol, Amotekun Rangers, Operations Department and other units remain actively deployed, leading to the arrest and prosecution of several criminal suspects, warned criminal elements to stay away from the state, stressing that security agencies are on alert.
The Amotekun Commander disclosed that thirteen of the suspects were arrested for kidnapping-related offences, while others were apprehended for alleged crimes including cultism, illegal possession of firearms, attempted murder, theft and violation of the Anti-Open Grazing Law.
He added that many of the cases are already before courts in Okitipupa, Owo and Akure.
Akogun Adeleye also announced the arrest of a husband and wife allegedly linked to an eight-man burglary syndicate responsible for stealing expensive mobile phones, said the suspects were arrested following investigations into the burglary of the residence of a former Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele, while all stolen phones have been recovered.
He assured residents that the corps would continue its operations to ensure peace and security across the state.
