Amotekun operatives arrest eight suspected armed robbers in Osun

The Osun Amotekun corps apprehended eight suspected armed robbery suspects while attempting to carry out operations in Ilesa, Osun State.

According to Amitolu Shittu, the Field Commander of Amotekun Corps, Osun, the armed robbery suspects were captured in a hotel in Modakeke as a result of a tip-off and intelligence monitoring by corps personnel.

Shittu, who talked to media on Sunday while parading the eight suspects in Osogbo, said that the accused were intending to loot a business in Ilesa town and stated that they were specialized in terrorizing inhabitants of Osun and neighbouring States.

The Field Commander disclosed that the suspects, who confessed to being engaged in breaking into shops and carting away valuables, have been transferred to the appropriate authorities for discreet investigation and prosecution.

According to him, “The suspects were identified as, Adekunle Joseph, 33 years, from Iragbiji, Uchenna Alom, 42 years from Anambra State but lives in Idi-Iroko Sasa, Ogun State, Monday Nweke, 32 years, from Ebonyi State, resident of Ketu, Lagos State, Sikiru Kareem, 26 years, from Ikire, Osun State and Oyekanmi Maruf, 32 years, from Modakeke, Osun State.

“Others are, Adebayo Tobi, 20 years, from Iwo, Osun State, Ifeanyi Njoku, 32 years, from Ebonyi State and Olarewaju Emmanuel, 23 years, Ipetu-Ijesa, Osun State. They were arrested at Modakeke while trying to carry out an operation at Ilesa.”