By DAYO JOHNSON

AKURE— TWO persons have been arrested by Police detectives over the killing of suspected kidnappers in Ondo State.

The state police authorities have also warned against jungle justice meted out to suspected kidnappers in the last few weeks across the state.

Timely intervention of policemen saved three persons, including a woman, from being set ablaze by irate youths who mistook them for kidnappers.

Within a week, two persons have been roasted alive by irate mob who accused them of kidnapping.

A woman in Ondo town and a man in Akure were set ablaze by the mob.

The State Police Commissioner of Police, Mr Isaac Eke, however, decried the ugly development.

Eke frowned at the rate by which some people attacked and mobbed suspected kidnappers in the recent times in the state.

He said it was wrong for anybody to lynch a suspected criminal, noting that suspected criminals should be handed over to the police instead of members of the public taking laws into their hands.

He said: “We have arrested two people over the lynching that occurred in Akure during the week and we will still arrest more to serve as deterrent to others that are involved in such act.”

Meanwhile, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, yesterday, inaugurated a task force on the evacuation of illegal immigrants, destitutes and other social miscreants from the state.

This development is part of the efforts of the government to enhance public safety and sanity in the state,

Inaugurating the task force, the governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Rotimi Adelola, explained that the task force was put in place to safeguard lives and ensure that no room is given to anyone to perpetrate evil in the state.

Mimiko, who noted that the government had noticed the influx of immigrants and the worrisome behaviour of some citizens in recent times, said government needed to strengthen security for the betterment of all and sundry.