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From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure
The Ondo State Security Network Agency known as Operation Amotekun has arrested five suspects linked to various criminal offences, including abduction and fraud.
The Commander of the security outfit, Chief Adetunji Adeleye who paraded the suspects said the arrests followed multiple operations carried out by Amotekun operatives under “Operation Le Won Jade”, supported by the Border Patrol and the ongoing 24/7 ember-month security watch.
Adeleye said four of the five suspects were arrested in connection with a kidnapping incident that occurred on Monday.
He said “on entering the forest where the incident occurred, our men came under heavy attack. At the end of the operation, we successfully rescued four of the five kidnapped passengers, though the bus driver was shot dead when the attackers tried to stop the vehicle.”
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Adeleye disclosed that the rescue operation lasted over three hours as operatives combed the forest.
Among those rescued were three women and a bus conductor, while two of the suspected kidnappers who allegedly fired at the officers and killed the bus driver were arrested during the operation.
In another incident, Adeleye said Amotekun foiled an attempted abduction of a female correctional service officer.
He said the suspects had posed as visitors to inmates and pretended to be assisting the officer to town before attempting to kidnap her.
