David Williams
The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps, Oye Local Government Command has successfully apprehended some suspected bandits from Kwara State planning to migrate to the State on Wednesday.
In a press statement by the command’s Director of Information, Adeleye, the suspects were sighted in their numbers with their cattle around Gede Farm settlement in Isan-Ekiti which thrown the town into pandemonium.
The development according to the statement, led to reinforcement of more Amotekun operatives from their outpost to relocate to Oye where their combined efforts led to the successful arrest of the bandits.
Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed that they fled from Kwara State to Ekiti State as a result of ongoing onslaught against banditry in the state, noting that they were involved in cattle rustling especially from some Kwara indegenes who rear their cattle in the town.
In the course of interrogation, sixteen suspects were apprehended while some cash, 7 techno phones, variety of charms, 3 VGN l.D cards, including herds of cattle were recovered from them.
They have since been handed over to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command, Ado-Ekiti for further investigation
