The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 53 suspects, including 21 undocumented foreign nationals allegedly residing in two apartments in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects were among those paraded by the corps at its headquarters in Akure on Monday for alleged involvement in various criminal activities, including kidnapping, self-kidnapping, murder, attempted murder, burglary, stealing and cultism.
Parading the suspects, the state commander of the corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, said the 21 foreigners were arrested following intelligence provided by members of the Fulani community in the state.
Adeleye said the suspects claimed to have entered Nigeria from neighbouring West African countries to engage in menial jobs and phone repairs but could not produce documents authorising their stay in the country.
He said the command had observed an influx of foreigners moving through the state’s forests and cities under different guises in recent months.
The commander said, “I want to call the attention of the general public to the embarrassing way that foreigners traverse the state’s forests and cities under different guises.
“Consistently in the last three months, we’ve been having foreigners pretending to be selling phones, pretending to be repairing phones, living in hotels that what they came into the country for is not commensurate with.
