Ondo Amotekun intercepts 168 suspects, 40 motorcycles
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps have intercepted 168 suspects.
The suspects were concealed inside two trucks carrying 40 motorcycles and some cows.
All the motorcycles had forged documents, it was said.
Commander of the corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, said the suspects were intercepted around Itaogbolu-Iju, in Akure North council during a stop and search operation.
Adeleye added that the suspects claimed they were coming from Kano and Jigawa states but without a destination.
Adeleye said: “After the profiling the earlier ones, we took them back to where they came from, but we found out that the influx of invaders still continues .
“On Sunday, our stop and search team saw these two trucks and the suspects told them that they were on their way to Ondo State with cows. After careful examination we found out that they carefully concealed about 40 motorcycles with 168 people lying down beneath the motorcycles.
“The upper floor has cows, the middle has motorcycles wrapped and dismantled. At the lower floors, we saw 168 people lying down, such that if you are not careful, you won’t observe it. So, we questioned where they were going, why they packed themselves and why they were avoiding people, and they said they were coming to Ondo State.
“Upon further interogation, many of them do not have addresses of where they are going; nobody invited them and we are becoming curious of these invasions. I called it invasions because you see over 100 able-bodied men concealing themselves under animals, it shows they are up to negative motives.
“We have commenced profiling but we want to warn citizens of the state to be wary of visitors because nobody knows how many of such invaders have managed to enter the system. We saw these ones with charms which we are yet to ascertain what the mission is.”
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