The collaborative efforts of operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency comprising Amotekun Corps, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) have led to arrest of no fewer than 11 bandits in two separate parts of the state.
While six bandits were arrested at Kajola local government area, five others were nabbed in Saki East local government area.
The Commandant, Col Olayinka Olayanju (Rtd), confirmed the separate arrests in a statement on Thursday morning.
He said arrested bandits have been handed over to police authorities in the different council areas.
According to Olayanju, the arrests were made while on a joint routine patrol in the early hours of Thursday along two separate routes within the LGA.
He appealed to members of the public with necessary information that could help law enforcement agencies in their investigation to cooperate and report to the nearest police authorities for further investigations.
Olayanju said: “They were arrested in separate incidents following encounters at 2 illegally mounted road blocks.
“They tried to escape from the scene but were given hot pursuit by the operatives as they tried to evade arrest. We are still on the trail of others who managed to escape from the scene.
“The bandits namely Awali Atine, Ibrahim Abu, Shuaib Balau, Ibrahim Musa, Abdullah Masika and Umar Aliu Masika (all six arrested were of Bororo Fulani ethnic group).
“They were arrested along Okeho-Ilua and Okeho – Iseyin road at about 4am on Thursday, 29 April 2021.
“The bandits whose modus operandi is to pretend as herdsmen in the day and violently robbed innocent passengers on the highways at night were caught with 183 cows, weapons and a total sum of N268, 470.00.
“They have been handed over to the Nigeria Police Okeho Divisional HQ alongside the 183 herds, weapons and money found in their possession for further investigation.
“Those with necessary information that could help law enforcement agencies in their investigation are please enjoined to cooperate and report to the nearest police authority for proper investigation.
“In another development, five bandits were equally arrested in Saki East and handed over to the DPO in the area.”
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