Three officers of the Ondo State Security Network agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, have been suspended indefinitely over alleged breaching of oaths of allegiance and secrecy.
The suspended officers are; Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe Victor and Ekunjumi Julius.
Adetunji Adeleye, the Commander of the Corps, who disclosed this on Monday in Akure while parading four suspected criminals, however, said the three officers had also been declared wanted for proper investigations.
He said, “Every organisation has its own rules, and the Ondo State Security Network Agency is not an exception. The law setting up the Corps specifically says the Corps should give out identity cards and warrant cards for operatives who are full staff of the government as an agency.
“You will observe that at the time when there are pressing need for the Corps to come together and continue to work assiduously to ensure that the security of the state is not compromised is when our intelligence showed that the three Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe Victor, Ekunjumi Julius have been sponsored not only to undermine and disparage the management of the Corps but totally to distract the attention of the Corps from its core mandate of the provision of security to lives and property.
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“All that you had seen on the social media on the 15 points they raised are all false allegations and disciplinary actions had been put in place by the Corps.
“And as we stand today, the three of them had been reprimanded. They are also declared wanted and due diligence in handling such in a security environment where oaths of allegiance and secrecy to the state cannot be thrown away. We refused to be dragged into the controversies surrounding each and every one of them.
“But the fact remains that they are acting in isolation and the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corp remains solid as you can see the entire management staff in ensuring that we are not distracted. They are acting in isolation.
“The three of them had been suspended from the Corps, and we are looking for them to come and answer as a way of giving them free access to criminal justice. If they are innocent, everybody will see. But the Corps as an entity will not be dragged into social media controversy with such people that are acting in isolation. Especially now that we are sure and we have proof to show that they are being sponsored.”
Adeleye, who also spoke on other four suspected criminals during the parade, said; “Today we are parading four notorious suspects, in addition to that, we have another six sets of criminals that were arrested in the last two weeks in Ondo State in connection with robbery and kidnapping. For the fact that we had not concluded the investigation on those, so they will not be paraded.
“For the four that we are parading today, we have Ogungbemi Adebayo who confessed voluntarily that he is an informant to kidnappers in Ademekun power line at Agodada camp.
“He is aged 29, he said he was recruited a couple of months ago and he thought they wanted him to just plant in their end until when they recruited, they brought him into Ademekun farmland and told him point blank that he has to be trained on the use of AK-47. He successfully went through the training. The Fulani men trained him on the use of the AK-47 and he has been working for them until when the joint patrol team of the civil defense and Amotekun with the assistance of the regent and people of Ademekun village arrested him and he also confessed to them and confessed to us.
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“In the same way, we have a Nasiru Suleiman who over three months, has been dismantling a government caterpillar at moving equipment parked in a government yard along Akure-Ondo road.
“He said they usually dismantle these caterpillar parts, and they’ve completely ravaged a number of caterpillars to carcass and I think according to him they are on the third one when Amotekun officers arrested them. We have a Saliu Nureni, 57 that was arrested around NEPA market for robbery and setting ablaze in a place the property of the victim and threatened to kill the victim.
“We equally have one Ahmed Oladimeji, arrested with the generator and alternator he stole around Igoba in Akure.
“Across the board, there has been a drastic reduction in criminal activities in Ondo state in the last few weeks. Those that are against the law and order and apprehended on parade today are just three while the kidnapping suspect is one. With this, I want to reassure the good people of Ondo state that Ondo state remains very safe for your business to thrive and for the socio-economic growth of the state.”
