Amotekun Confirms Ondo Invasion By Suspected Mercenaries; Four Arrested |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Regional Security Network in Ondo state, Amotekun,  confirmed, Saturday, that some mercenaries sneaked into the state, but were met with force from combined a team of security agents.

This has led to the arrest of four of the suspects. They  are being linked to kidnappings, armed robbery, murder, and destruction of farmlands at Jugbere settlement/Sanusi village in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

State Commandant of Amotekun corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this on Saturday in Akure, while giving an update on the incident.

The Commandant, also, disclosed that no officer of the security outfit was missing or killed during the operation in Owo.

Chief Adeleye pointed out that the suspects were promptly arrested. No casualty, he said, was recorded during the operation

Some of the suspected mercenaries did not only kill a farmer and a member of a vigilante group in the area, but also burnt vehicles and motorcycles of Amotekun corps, as well as destroying farmlands.

Chief Adeleye described the operation as a joint effort, as the Nigerian Army, Police force and the DSS officials were involved.

According to him, there was no crossfire, but the security operatives only responded to a distress call from the area.

He used the occasion to remind residents of the state that the existing curfew on okada riders in the state from six O’clock in the evening was still in force, noting that his men would start its enforcement as from Monday, warning that defaulting motorcyclists would be prosecuted.