The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, has disclosed that it has dismissed four of its officers who violated its rules and regulations.
According to The PUNCH, Adeleye, who is also the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Wednesday.
“We have summarily dismissed four erring officers who ran afoul of the laws and rules guiding the operation of the corps while several others had been sent to detention centres to ensure that they conform to the norms and standard operational practice of the organisation,” he said.
According to Adeleye, the law enforcement agency apprehended over 7,000 individuals involved in illegal activities during its operational span of more than two years.
The commander also said that a total of 1,500 individuals who were apprehended had been formally indicted and brought before a court of law.
He said, “Other sister security agencies – the Army, the police and the Department of State Services- are giving us support. The DSS has often assisted us in getting the requisite geo-location of kidnap victims and suspects.
“All these coupled with our local intellect and unconventional methods had assisted us in arresting to date, well over 7,000 suspected criminals in the last two years, out of which 1,500 of them have been charged to court.
“We have even secured judgment of very many of them. At a time when the turnout of criminals was becoming unmanageable for the judiciary, the administration of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu graciously approved the building of two courts to assist the judiciary in the prompt dispensation of justice”.
