A 35-year-old suspected robber, Olamide Wasiu, has admitted stealing over 100 motorcycles in the space of three months in various towns across Ondo State.
Wasiu also said that after stealing the motorcycles, he dismantled them before taking the parts to buyers in Oyo, Osun, and Ogun states.
According to the suspect, who was paraded at the headquarters of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, Alagbaka, Akure, he added that his major buyer escaped to Abuja when he was nabbed by Amotekun operatives.
The Amotekun Commander in the state, Adetunji Adeleye, said that an investigation had begun.
Adeleye also stated that operatives had been deployed to Abuja to track down and arrest the suspected buyer.
“The level of success in the issue of security generally in Ondo State was attributed to the synergy with all security agencies and the journalists’ timely dissemination of information,” Adeleye said.
“We had been on the trail of the syndicate, and were able to apprehend the ringleader, who confessed that he had stolen over 100 motorcycles within three months from Ondo State.
Similarly, the agency arrested a 45-year-old suspected rapist, Sunday Aboto, who was also found with three firearms during a search of his apartment by Amotekun operatives.
“Also, we have a rape suspect; when we searched his house, we found out that he has three guns, and we are able to establish that he uses these guns to hire them to criminals, among other offenses,” Adeleye said.