The Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 21-year-old ex-convict over his alleged involvement in drug peddling and armed robbery.
The ex-convict, Simon Matthew, who had just completed his one-year prison term on January 1, was arrested on January 4 by the corps.
According to the Commander of the Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, while parading the suspect along with others, Matthew was convicted for the same offence he was arrested for in Akure, the state capital.
He said: “The ex-convict, Simon Matthew, a middle-aged man, claimed to be a drug dealer; he had been convicted for drug and robbery activities, and that was exactly what he did again.
“We were able to disband four robbery gangs that are here, even though we have about four of them that are still at large, but the principal suspects are here with us.”
While also revealing that four people who violated the anti-open grazing law of the state were arrested, Adeleye emphasised that Amotekun Corps is fully operational in the 18 local councils of the state, contrary to a report that the corps had been overwhelmed in the state.
