In a twisted turn of events, gang members moved to kill a 17-year-old member burnt during one of their transformer vandalisation escapades in Ondo State.
According to reports, the unidentified 17-year-old was burnt while cutting cables from a transformer they targeted.
It was learnt that the Amotekun Corps, Ondo State Command got wind of the incident and went on the trail of the gang members.
Being aware of the involvement of the Amotekun Corps, the gang members after making efforts to revive the boy at three different hospitals in the state capital, Akure, moved him out of town in a bid to kill him so he won’t reveal their secrets.
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The State Commandant of the Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, made this known to newsmen while parading the suspects with other arrested criminals on Monday in Akure.
It was gathered that no fewer than 45 suspected criminals were reportedly arrested by the Ondo State Amotekun Corps at different locations across the state.
According to Adeleye, the suspects were arrested during the 24/7 constant patrol of the corps, noting that the offences committed ranged from breaking of shops, kidnapping, cultism, among others.
Speaking on the case of the 17-year-old boy arrested for allegedly engaging in vandalisation of electricity transformers in the state, Adeleye said while he was cutting the cables, “electricity was supplied and burnt half of his body.
“We arrested him because the moment it happened, he was rushed to three different hospitals and when they got wind that detectives from Amotekun were on their trail, they moved him out of Akure.
“We also trailed him to the location and brought him in a very terrible state.
“He was to be killed so that he will not reveal his sponsors.
“We had to revive him and brought him to the health facility of the corps where we spent a lot of money to make him come back to life.
“He was able to tell us about nine other members of the gang, including their godfather who is on the run. We are on the trail of the godfather.”
The Amotekun commander stated further: “We want to appeal that members of the public should give us timely and accurate information to work with because more than 70 per cent of these criminals were apprehended due to the timely information that we got.”
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