Two suspected criminals who pretended to be lunatics have been apprehended by men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps.
This was made known on Wednesday by the state Commander of the corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, while parading 26 suspects involved in various crimes across the state.
The commander told newsmen that the two suspects had been constituting a security risk in the state and also advised residents of the state to be wary of persons claiming to be lunatics.
Men of the corps, according to Adeleye, had arrested one of the suspects who was arrested with expensive phones on him.
The other suspect started feigning mental instability after hacking his landlord to death, the commander disclosed.
Adeleye, said, “While searching for these mad people, we found expensive phones on them. And we found out that the majority of them only pretended to be mad to gather information in the particular area where they intend to operate.
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“We have two of them, one from Idanre and one from Igbara-Oke. It is actually dangerous to accost a madman, anything could happen thereafter. The best thing is to give us timely information and we’ll take it up from there.”
The Amotekun boss also disclosed that 24 other suspected criminals involved in robbery, rape and kidnapping were also arrested by his men.
Meanwhile, fifteen persons have been confirmed dead in a boat mishap at Dandeji village in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The accident was said to have happened on Wednesday.
According to Aliyu Abubakar, a political administrator of the LGA, more than 15 children drowned, and 25 others are missing.
“Fifteen bodies, 13 girls and two boys were recovered by local rescue teams and buried in the village,” said Abubakar.
The source added that the children were on their way to collect firewood in the bush on Tuesday when the unfortunate incident occurred.