Two men, Joseph Dennis, 20, and Friday Agogo, 29, have been arrested by operatives of the Osun State Command of the Amotekun Corps for armed robbery and attempting to murder an unidentified market woman in the Ila-Orangun area of the state.
This was disclosed by the Corps Commander of the Amotekun security unit, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi (retd.) on Saturday.
Adewinmbi disclosed that the suspects are of Benue State origin.
The commander said, “The suspects attacked the woman at Thick Area Elemo Ogun Community on her way to Ila-Orangun town after selling her farm’s produce and they collected her money and also attempted to stab her with a knife.
“They covered their faces with masks for the woman not to recognise them but the woman recognised one of the suspect’s voices.”
He said the duo was apprehended in their hideout after the victim made a distress complaint at the security outfit in Ila.
Thereafter, he said the operatives immediately swung into action.
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The retired military officer added, “The suspects confessed to perpetrating the act and that they have been involved in such activities for a very long time.”
Adewinmbi said the suspects have been handed over to the police for subsequent investigation and interrogation.
Meanwhile, a notorious Commander of the Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP), popularly known as Kiriku, has reportedly died after he was bitten by a venomous snake in Sambisa forest, Borno State.
The deceased was said to have died three days after the incident.
According to reports, Kiriku sustained two snake bites from the ‘highly venomous’ brown snake in one of their hideouts in Agikur Mosque in Damboa Local Government Area last Tuesday and died on June 23, 2023.
Sources said the notorious ISWAP Commander must have died due to lack of access to medical treatment.
Kiriku is believed to be one of the Commanders who operate within the Jiddari axis of Chiralia in the Timbuktu triangle.
He led many attacks and ambushes against troops of Operation Hadin Kai between the road from Maiduguri to Damboa.