The Western Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, has cautioned criminals and criminally inclined persons working in Osun State to stop or face the full force of the law.
Amitolu Shittu, the Osun Amotekun Field Commander, gave this warning on Sunday while parading five suspected armed motorbike thieves apprehended in various areas of the state.
Shittu, while promising the state’s residents that the security outfit would ensure a crime-free Yuletide, also warned criminals to leave the state since the agency is prepared to go to the criminals’ hideouts.
He stated that the suspects were apprehended during routine night patrol on the Ife/Osun highway and the Ifon/Itesaadu/Ogbomoso route while attempting to flee to Oyo State on stolen motorbikes, adding that they subsequently confessed during the investigation.
The suspects include Tayo Oguniran, aged 30 years; Adegboye Olumoyero, 32 years; Hamzat Sheu, 21 years; Awal Hassan, 34 years; Zaharadeen Bello, 25 years; and Usman Umaru, aged 25 years.
“They were arrested after stealing Bajaj and TVS motorcycles in Ifon-Osun and Ilesa and heading to Ogbomoso and Ibadan to sell them to their customers; they admitted to having committed the crime and explained that they have been in the business for a long time.
“They further confessed that it was their fifth time of stealing motorcycles and transport it to Ogbomoso and Ibadan,” he said.
He disclosed that the security outfit is currently carrying out a discreet investigation to arrest other gang members involved in the act and urged members of the public to support Amotekun Osun by revealing the identity of criminals around them.
While assuring that the suspects will be charged and transferred to the police, who will then charge them in court, Shittu appealed to residents of the state to be security conscious at this time.
He added that during the period of Christmas and New Year, many unthinkable things happen in the societies, which called for vigilance on the part of the populace.
