BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
No fewer than 21 travellers hidden in a trailer loaded with motorcycles have been intercepted by the personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun in Osun State.
The travellers who claimed they came from Zamfara State were trailed from Ondo Road to Ajebandele in Ile-Ife, where they were apprehended by the security network.
Addressing journalists, the Field Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, said the Northerners could not give satisfactory account of the exact destination they headed adding that motorcycles were used to hide then in the trailer.
Shittu said the Northerners had been handed over to the police in the state on Tuesday for investigation.
He said, “While on duty, our men saw a trailer filled with motorcycles and we trailed the vehicle to Ajebandele in Ile-Ife.
“They stopped along Ajebandele road and while searching the vehicle, we realised the trailer was not carrying only motorcycles, but 21 young men hid in the truck.
“We asked them where they were going, but they did not know their destination as some of them said Zamfara State.
“After cross-examination by our men, we transferred them to the State Police Investigation Department in Osogbo for subsequent investigation and interrogation,” Amitolu explained.
The state government had alerted members of the public that some criminal elements had infiltrated the commercial transport operators in the state and had been attempting to kidnap unsuspecting citizens.
