Men from the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps, have detained 48 suspected offenders for a variety of offences throughout the state.
The suspects, two of whom are females, were arrested for offences ranging from armed robbery to kidnapping, attempted murder, burglary, bank fraud, cultism, theft, assault, and disobedience to the state’s anti-open grazing statute, among others.
Two cars, a generator set, some clothing materials, electric transformer wires, and several fake dollar bills were among the exhibits recovered from the accused and shown.
Parading the suspects before newsmen at the headquarters of Amotekun Corps in Akure, the Commander of the Corps in the state, Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed that all the suspects, some of whom were caught in the act, confessed to the crime.
According to Adeleye, over 600 suspects apprehended in the state by men of the corps in the last six months are currently being prosecuted and would be sent to the correctional facilities if found guilty.
The Amotekun boss also revealed that the rate of kidnapping in the Ose Local Government Area of the state has reduced drastically as a result of heavy presence of Amotekun operatives in the area.
He warned criminally-minded individuals to either desist or leave the state as they would be apprehended by men of the corps.