Amotekun parades five criminal suspects in Ekiti

<p>The Ekiti State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps on Monday paraded five suspects for theft and attempted burglary.</p>, <p>While addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the Corps Commander, Brigadier Gen. Joe Komolafe, said the command arrested them after receiving distress calls from their victims at Tinuola Estate and Oke-Mesi, respectively.</p>, <p>He said three of the suspects, Bahari Ibrahim, 18, Yahaya Mumuni, 20, and Rufai Isiaka, 20, attempted to break into one Mrs Osho’s house, after a complaint had been lodged in the command for missing a pumping machine and other items.</p>, <p>He added that the other two suspects, Oladosu Eniola, 52, and Fatokun Michael, 62, already burgled the water corporation in Oke-Mesi before they were finally caught.</p>, <p>In his words, “Five suspects were arrested this morning. Three for house-breaking attempt and two for breaking into water corporation properties in Oke -Mesi.</p>, <p>“Those two stole things like armoured cables and other items of the corporation.</p>, <p>“For the other three suspects, we received a distress call from Tinuola Estate this morning, we went there and were able to arrest them.</p>, <p>“They also went to one Mrs Osho, a widow, to break into her house, after she had already lodged a complaint to our table of persistent theft, which involved a pumping machine and some other items.”</p>, <p>However, one of the suspects, Oladosu Eniola, denied stealing from the water corporation, adding that it was a mining business that brought him to the vicinity.</p>, <p>“I came to Oke-Mesi on a mining business, but along the line, I saw steel in a water corporation.</p>, <p>“I gave Baba (Fatokun Michael ) N3,000 when he visited me, he told me he’s the controller of the whole area. He told me that the former security guard was buried three weeks ago. When I checked, I noticed that the place has been cleared, but there is one person that does come there occasionally, which is the son of the deceased.</p>, <p>“When I carried the steel, the son kicked against