A 31-year-old man, Banji Olaniyi, who fled after the disappearance of one Damilare Akinranti, aged 24, has been arrested by the Osun State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps.
Olaniyi was reported to have taken Akinranti to a farm located in Iguede Village before his disappearance.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the two men were residents of Mooro until November 6, 2022, when, the incident happened.
Since that day, Akinranti has not been found while Olaniyi returned to Mooro, but later allegedly relocated to an undisclosed location and changed his mobile line.
Confirming this, the Osun State spokesperson for the Corps, Yusuf Idowu, in a statement made available to newsmen, said people became suspicious of Olaniyi and a search was launched which later led to his arrest in Jagun village in Irewole Local Government Area of the state, over 11 months after Akinranti got missing.
The statement partly read, “Eleven months ago, precisely Sunday, November 6, 2022, at around 9am, Banji Olaniyi Julius convinced Damilare Akinranti, aged 24, to follow him to a farm in Iguede, Area 5, a distant farm in that same local government area; only for Akinranti to get missing since then.
“The suspect who lured his victim to a farm in Iguede without his family members’ knowledge, had since absconded from home when it was discovered that he took Akinranti to a farm in Iguede and did not return with him. Aside from changing residence, he also changed his mobile phone number.
“The suspect was arrested in Jagun village of Irewole Local Government Area. He has been on the radar of the Osun Amotekun since a complaint was lodged against him by the family of the missing person at the Ife North Command of the Corps.
“Luck ran out on him, following a tip-off from our extensive intelligence gathering. Upon his arrest and preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to having lured the missing person and many others to the same farm in years past.”
The Corps said the suspect has been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in the state for further action.