The Amotekun Corps in Ondo State has arrested Akinmola Oyekanmi, a member of a notorious kidnap gang.
Mr Oyekanmi, 30, was apprehended by the operatives of the Amotekun Corps in the Okitipupa Area of Ondo after his gang allegedly abducted a middle aged man.
The State Commandant of Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, stated this on Wednesday while parading 26 criminals at his headquarters in Akure.
According to Adeleye, the suspects who had been constituting security risk and nuisance, were arrested within in the last one week.
The commander, who advised the public to be weary of those that pretend to be mad people, however, said expensive phones were found on one of the mad man, while the other one hacked his landlord to death and started behaving like a mad man.
“We have two cases and it’s becoming rampant, almost every week. Searching these mad people, we found expensive phones and we found out that majority of them only pretended to be mad in order to gather informations in the particular area where they intend to operate. We have two of them, one from Idanre and one from Igbara Oke,” he said.
The commandant, however, said the general public should inform security agencies if they notice any unusual movement of any mad or lunatic people.
“It is actually dangerous to accost a mad man, anything could happen, thereafter. The best thing is to give us a timely information and we will contact relevant security organisations to assist in ensuring that they are brought to book.
