Banditry: Amotekun deploys personnel to farm settlements in Ondo
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has deployed its personnel to farm settlements and communities in Akure North LGA to eliminate bandits terrorising local farmers. The move follows a surge in security threats in the area, particularly the frequent kidnappings and recent killing of 14 settlers in Aba Alajido, Aba Sunday, […]
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has deployed its personnel to farm settlements and communities in Akure North LGA to eliminate bandits terrorising local farmers.
The move follows a surge in security threats in the area, particularly the frequent kidnappings and recent killing of 14 settlers in Aba Alajido, Aba Sunday, Aba Pastor and Ademekun – communities predominantly occupied by farmers.
Akure North LGA, home to the local airport, has been under siege by armed men masquerading as kidnappers.
During a visit to the affected communities on Thursday, Amotekun Corps commander, Adetunji Adeleye, expressed deep sorrow over the killings, and assured that the bandits’ days were numbered, as they would soon be flushed out of the forests where they were hiding.
- We’re taking measures to address healthcare funding, policies’ gaps, Pate tells Reps
- Sokoto: Bandits killed in failed rescue attempt
He said Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s administration remains committed to securing lives and has given Amotekun a mandate to capture the criminals.
He further reassured the people that no future attacks would go unchallenged, as all security agencies had been directed to safeguard lives and property.
Adeleye urged farmers to return to their settlements and farms, assuring them that security measures were now in place.
Speaking on behalf of the affected communities, the regent of Adamekun settlement, Adelowo Adekemisola, stressed that the farmers had nowhere else to go and pleaded with the government not to abandon them.
He expressed gratitude to Governor Aiyedatiwa and the Amotekun Corps for their swift intervention, which he said had restored a sense of security in Akure North LGA.
A survivor of the attack, 35-year-old farmer Samson Joro, said “We still don’t understand why we were attacked that day.
“Around midnight, we heard gunshots. At first, they were distant, but they got closer. Before we realized what was happening, they were upon us. I heard my neighbour and his wife screaming. By the time they left, we counted nine bodies, including a man and his child.”