Fidelis David in Akure
The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun has dismissed three of its officers for alleged professional misconduct.
The state Commander of the corps, Adetunji Adeleye, announced this yesterday in Akure while parading seven suspects for stealing.
Adeleye said: “We want to inform the public that we have three of the Amotekun personnel that had gone through the normal process of corps marshall and had been dismissed today for professional misconduct and we will ensure that adequate punishments even after the dismissal are given to them.
The three dismissed officers would be prosecuted in line with the regulations guiding the corps.
According to him, “we have seven suspected criminals and we want to inform the public that you should assist us so that we can assist you too. Out of the seven suspects, we have three that were arrested for human trafficking cases and we have four others that were arrested for house breaking and we were able to retrieved all the items stolen from their operation, which would be handover to the rightful owners.
“We recovered a vehicle which was attacked by armed bandits, and the resident of a particular community around Akure town raised the alarm and within few minutes of the alarm, we were able to moved and on getting there, trying to rescue the victim, the armed robbers who had already taken over the vehicle drove off and we were able to retrieved the vehicle. Efforts is on to apprehend the robbers.
“While a lots of electronics equipments had been stolen from the resident of the community, and we decided to manhunt around the community, this happened between 2am and 5am. We were able to retrieved lots of things that were stolen.
“And this is to reconfirm that response to distress calls is actually working for us in order to reduce crime to minimum.
For the Easter celebration, Adeleye said, the corps has deployed 700 of its personnel across the 18 local government areas of Ondo state to guarantee safety of lives and properties in the state.
“To commuters, we advise you to reduce traveling late in the night, and early in the morning. However, we will commence our 24-hours patrol from the end of this week to ensure safety. We want to encourage the good people of Ondo state to give us timely information to work for them,” he added.
