Amotekun On Red Alert Over Alleged Influx Of Kidnappers From Ondo To Ekiti

There is anxiety in Ondo State over the alleged sudden influx of kidnappers into some areas of the state.

This was just as the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun vowed to check the activities of criminals marauding the state.

The commander of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo, Adetunji Adeleye, while parading some suspected kidnappers in the state at the Corps’ headquarters, alleged an influx of kidnappers into Ondo from Ekiti State.

According to Adeleye, the influx of criminals to Ondo was as a result of heavy deployment of security personnel to Ekiti State following the recent killing of two monarchs and the kidnapping of school pupils in that state.

However, he vowed that the outfit will not tolerate kidnappers in the state as measures have been put in place to tackle them.

Adeleye said, “residents should be rest assured that we will tackle them. The corps is determined to ensure the safety of lives and property within the state.

“No fewer than 43 suspected kidnappers were arrested in various parts of the state last week.

“The astonishing thing about our parade today is the sudden upsurge in the suspects that we have on kidnapping. About half of the 43 are suspected kidnappers that we have reasonable reasons to question.

“I want to trace this to the heavy presence of security personnel in Ekiti, and I want to believe that they are being driven to Ondo State.

“We have risen up to the challenge, and all of them that we have picked up in kidnapping scenes, during kidnapping, and during attempts to kidnap with credible victims around to identify some of them, are the ones we are parading today.”