Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State says it profiled seven hundred and fifty crime suspects and arraigned one hundred and seventy five of them in the first quarter of the year.
The Corps Commander, Adetunji Adeleye reeled out the statistics of the formation in the first quarter of the year, while parading another thirty one crime suspects arrested in the last two weeks across the eighteen local government areas of the state .
Adeleye said the feat achieved through joint operations by security agencies in the state has stemmed rising kidnap incidents and attacks on farmers by armed herdsmen in farmsteads in the state.
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The commander disclosed that besides the 175 suspects arraigned, others are still undergoing different stages of investigation.
He explained that among the fresh 31 crime suspects being paraded, 13 among them were allegedly linked to the series of kidnap incidents that had taken place in the state in the recent time.
The Amotekun commander thereafter called on the people of the state to be wary of scavengers who are working as spies for bandits and kidnappers.
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
