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January 22, 2021
The Ekiti State Security Network Agency otherwise known as Amotekun Corps has arrested four persons suspected to be members of a kidnap unleashing terror in the state.
The Corps Commander, Brig. General Joe Komolafe who made the disclosure on Friday while speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Komolafe said the suspected kidnappers were arrested on Friday morning in Eda Oniyo, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state during a routine patrol of the security outfit.
He said the that suspects identified as Abubakar Sule, Sheu Usman, Abubakar Babangida and Sheu Mamuda who were said to be herdsmen from Sokoto were intercepted and arrested on motorcycle around 9am.
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The commander of the Corps, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (retd), who made this known on Friday, said the suspects came into Ekiti from Sokoto and were arrested while on four motorcycles.
Komolafe disclosed that the suspects could not give satisfactory responses as to their mission in the state but confessed to being kidnappers.
Materials found on them included a long rope which they confessed was used to tie kidnap victims in the bush.
He said, “Our men on routine patrol intercepted these four persons suspected to be kidnappers on Friday when they were making their ways into the state from Sokoto state.
Ekiti Amotekun arrest four suspected kidnappers
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, on Friday, arrested four suspected kidnappers in Eda Oniyo, Ilejemeje local government area of the State.
The Amotekun corps commander, Brigadier General Joe Komolafe (retd) while speaking with newsmen on Friday said the four suspects were coming from Sokoto into the state.
He gave the names of the suspects as Abubakar Sule, Sheu Usman, Abubakar Babangida and Sheu Mamuda.
He explained that during the routine patrol of the personnel, the four suspects who were said to be herders were intercepted and arrested on motorcycle around 9 am on Friday.