Amotekun Corps, the Ondo State Security Network Agency’s other name, has stopped vehicles carrying roughly 151 Northerners.
This occurred less than 72 hours after Amotekun stopped a truck carrying 147 young people from the north on the University of Ibadan-Bodija road in Ibadan, the capital of the Oyo State.
Following information that a significant number of bandits from the North had begun travelling towards the South-West, Amotekun Corps, who were on a “stop and search” mission, stopped those apprehended in Ondo State on Thursday around the Sango section of the Akure-Ado Expressway.
Five women were among the suspects, who were allegedly discovered in the trucks concealed by bean bags.
Adetunji Adeleye, the state commander of Amotekun, acknowledged to journalists that the suspects were hidden inside the truck under bags of rice.
Adeleye said, “We intercepted two trucks conveying 151 people who were cleverly concealed behind bags of rice and beans in a way that one may not suspect these number of people were tucked in the trucks.
“Upon interception, we asked of their destinations. Some said Akure, while others said Osogbo in Osun State. Although, we have not completed profiling them, as none of them has an idea of what they were going to do or their mission.
“All they were able to tell us is that they entered the vehicle and came to Ondo State.
“While searching the vehicles, we saw 10 bikes and various dangerous charms. If we check and do not find anything on them as long as they don’t have anybody ready to take custody of them in Ondo state, we will send them back to their various states.”
The suspects were reportedly traveling to South-West states from the states of Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina.
“Some of them claimed they are from Katsina, Kano, and Jigawa States, but on how they came together, they said they couldn’t figure it out, but that they were conveyed by the truck down to Akure in Ondo State.
“This, however, is not a good sign, following the security warning in the South-West states.
“While respecting their rights as Nigerians, yet, we are not sure of what they are here for. We still feel that while traveling, anyone should have a mission and destination at where he or she is going to,” he said.
