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...Ring used to hypnotise victims failed- Suspect

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

One of the suspects arrested by operatives of the Ondo State security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun, for killing a commercial motorcyclist said his arrest was made possible as his colleague’s ring failed them.

The suspects, Temitope Akinwale, 22, and Habeeb Jimoh, 21, were apprehended in Oba-Akoko axis of Akoko South-West council area of the state.

In an interview during their parade in Akure, 22-year-old Akinwale said they used to lure their victims to deserted locations where they pounce on them.

He said: “I picked an Okada man from Oba-Akoko junction to Araromi. I had already told my friend to wait at the junction so that we would snatch his motorcycle.

“My friend had assured me that he had a ring that he will use to hit the Okada rider, which will make him lose consciousness. But the ring did not work the day we were caught. With the failure of the ring to work on the Okada man, we were attacked and overpowered.”

Akinwale, however, denied that they slaughtered their victims during their operations.

But, the state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said they killed one of their victims during the operation.

Speaking during the parade, he said: “It took the corps extra efforts before the suspects were arrested,” adding that the suspects slaughtered one of their victims when he overpowered them.

“One of them had a knife in his pocket when they engaged the Okada man and he was about overpowering them, the one with the knife slaughtered him and went away with his Okada.

“One of the suspects was tracked to Ogun State where he was arrested following joint efforts with Amotekun Corps in the state.

“We have a case of one of them that specialises in killing Okada riders, taking over their Okada (motorcycles), dismantling and sending it out of the state.

“We tracked him to Ore. From Ore, we arrested three of his accomplices and the ring leader escaped to Ogun State. We contacted the Amotekun in Ogun State who assisted us in apprehending him. We have him back here now.”