The Ondo government says it is trying to ensure that 45
northern youths who were arrested in Okitipupa LGA of the state are returned to
their states safely.
The youths were arrested by the state chapter of the Western
Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, on Thursday.
The youths who arrived at the LGA in a truck had said they
were in the town to undergo military training in the barracks to be security
guards.
Adetunji Adeleye, Amotekun commander in the state, said upon
interrogation, it was discovered that the youths, who hailed from Kano and
Jigawa states, were brought to the town for employment by a non-profit
organisation for purported security training.
“The mission that they claimed they came for, we found out
that it was not too clear and upon profiling, we found out that majority of
them do not know how they got to where they got to; all they were told was that
they were going for training,” he had said.
“From detailed investigation, we were able to narrow it down
to the sponsors and they also claimed to belong to an NGO. Right now, we look
at them as a security risk to the state.”
Commenting on the incident on Sunday, Donald Ojogohe, Ondo
commissioner for information and orientation, described the incident as “a
precarious one”, saying the development would have degenerated into jungle
justice if the security agents had not handled it professionally.
“The security situation we found ourselves in the last 72
hours was a very precarious one. If not that it was discretely and
professionally handled and well managed by officials of government,
particularly Amotekun Commander and SSA on security, the situation would have
degenerated to the extent of lynching and jungle justice,” he said.
“What government is trying to do today is to ensure that the
way they came to the state, they will leave the state safely, peacefully and
unhurt, so that when they get to their various states, they will also testify
to their state government and their people that the movement that brought them
to Ondo state was an unclear one and the state government had to protect them
and move them back to their state.”
The commissioner asked the public and government officials
to make security agents their first point of contact whenever issues of
security arise.
He said: “I have the instructions and the directive of Mr
Governor to use this medium inform everybody, particularly, government
officials, that any security situation we found ourselves, the first point of
contact must be security agencies.”
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