THE Ondo State Government has ordered the return of the 45 youths who were arrested in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state, to their states of origin. The youths were said to be apprehended in a trailer by men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun on Thursday evening. Speaking on the matter on behalf of the state government, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Donald Ojogo, commended the Amotekun corps for handling the situation maturely and professionally. He said, “The security situation we found ourselves in the last 72 hours was a very precarious one. So, we monitored and we found out that they converged on the front of the army barracks in Okitipupa.

Source: Punch May 03, 2021 00:11 UTC