Suspected bandits have kidnapped a driver and three other passengers who were travelling to Irun Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The travellers were reportedly abducted around 6pm on Saturday en route to Irun through Imesi town, a close border community between Ekiti and Ondo…
The suspects: Danjuma Auta, 35, and Daniel Danrangi, 25, both male and from Dirin Daji, Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State were arrested along Kontagora-Zuru road, Niger on Monday night.
According to the Niger Commander of the agency, Mr. Aloye Isaac Oludare, the duo were arrested with 12 locally-fabricated AK-47 rifles and 15 locally-fabricated pistols. The rifles were concealed in a white sack while on a motorcycle to an unknown place when they were arrested. x
“Kontagora where the weapons were seized is about 107 kilometers from Kagara, a town in Niger where there have been mass abductions of women, children and secondary school students in the last one month.
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Published 26 December 2020
Rising insecurity in the South-West, especially Ondo State in recent time, has put the Amotekun initiative in the region under the spotlight, PETER DADA writes
Ondo State, a major gateway to the northern part of the country especially for travellers from the South-West region, has been under the siege of insecurity for a long time now.
Kidnappings, armed robberies and killings have become the order of the day in the SunShine State particularly on its highways in recent times.
About 18 months after Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of the national leader of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by gunmen in Ondo, insecurity has continued to fester in the state corridor of the federal highways linking the South-West to the North, South-East and South-South.