Ondo Amotekun Arrests 750 Suspects in 3 Months, Boosts State Security
By Leke Adegbiti
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, says it arrested 750 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, and other criminals in the last three months, in a major push against insecurity across the state.
The Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, made this known during a chat with journalists, adding that 175 of the suspects have already been profiled and charged to court.
A delete also disclosed that out of the 31 new suspects apprehended in the past two weeks, thirteen of them were kidnappers arrested during operations carried out across all 18 local government areas of the state.
He attributed the recent success made to the joint security operation known as Operation Da’ada, aimed at tackling kidnapping and attacks on farmers, particularly by armed herders in remote farm settlements.
According to him, the command received over 500 distress calls during the period, all of which were responded to swiftly.