August 09, (THEWILL) – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun Corps, has intercepted over 160 persons, mainly youths of northern extraction.
The men were hiding in two trucks, under some cows and motorcycles conveying them from the northern part of Nigeria.
Parading them at the Head Office of Amotekun in Ondo state, the Commander of the agency in the state, Adetunji Adeleye noted that they were hiding inside the trucks in a suspicious manner.
“On Sunday, our stop and search team saw these two trucks; they told them that they were on their way to Ondo State with cows.
“On careful observation, we found out that they concealed about 40 motorcycles with over 100 persons lying beneath them.
“The upper floor has cows, the middle has motorcycles wrapped and dismantled and at the lower floor, we have 168 people lying down, such that if you are not careful, you won’t observe it.
“So, we questioned where they were going and why they packed themselves and why they were avoiding people and they said they were coming to Ondo State.
“Upon interrogation, none of them have the address of where they were going; nobody invited them and we are becoming curious of these invasions. I call it invasion because you see over 100 able-bodied men concealing themselves under animals. It shows they are up to negative motives”, he said.
Adeleye appealed to residents of Ondo State to always be on alert and notify the Amotekun of any strange persons in their vicinity
The Chairman of the Hausa Community in Ondo State, Bala Umar, dissociated himself and his members from the suspects.
“There is no leader in Ondo State that know about their coming and there is no well-meaning Nigerian that should not be bothered about the influx to this place. If you look at them, they are very young boys who can cause havoc and run back. It is very embarrassing”, he said.
Umar said on several occasions he had warned against the influx of such persons without a mission to the state.
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