Adebayo Adenrele
The Ekiti State Security Network Agency, code name Amotekun Corps, has arrested five suspects for vandalising water cooperation equipments and burgling some houses in an estate located in Ado-Ekiti.
Addressing Newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Corps Commander, Brigadier Gen. Joe Komolafe (rtd), said the command arrested three of the suspects after receiving a distress call for unlawfully breaking into a residential house located at Tinuola area of Ado-Ekiti.
The three suspects who are currently detained at the office of the command along the Old Iyin road, Ado-Ekiti, include: Rufai Usiaka (20) Bahari Ibrahim (18) and Mannir Yalaya (20).
He said the operatives had at the early hour of the day received a distress call from a member of the public that some suspected vandals had broken into a residential house in the area and vandalised a pumping machine installed in one of the houses in the area.
The Command also confirmed the arrest of one Pa Michael Fatokun, 80, and Oladosu Eniola, 52 for allegedly vandalizing equipments belonging to the Ekiti State Water Cooperation in Okemesi-Ekiti.
In his words, “Five Suspects were arrested this morning. Three of them for house breaking attempt and two for breaking into Water Corporation properties in Oke -Mesi.
“These two suspects stole things like armoured cable, and vandalised other items from the corporation.
“For the other three suspects, we received a distress call from Tinuola Estate this morning, we went there and were able to arrest them.”
While calling on the general public to be vigilant and security conscious, the retired military junta urged them to report any suspicious activities in their vicinities and carry on with their daily routines without fear.