How we arrested 19-year-old serial border robber who fled from Kwara to Ondo

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, have arrested a 19-year-old suspected serial motorcycle border robber, Oyediran Ayomide, during the ongoing Ember border security patrol tagged Operation Le Won Jade.

Jimoh Adeniken, the Corps Public Relations Officer (PRO), who disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Akure, said the suspect, who hailed from Ola in Kwara, was apprehended in Ajue, Odigbo local government area of Ondo State.

The PRO said the suspect allegedly attacked a commercial motorcyclist with a sledgehammer in the Omu-Aran community, Kwara State, and escaped with the stolen motorcycle.

“Further investigation revealed that the suspect remained in Ore for some time before attempting to return to the area, believing the rider may have died from the attack.

“However, security personnel in the Ajue community, who had been on alert, eventually apprehended him.

“The suspect (Ayomide) admitted to committing the crime with the intention of using the motorcycle for commercial purposes in Ore.

“He told the commercial motorcyclist (Okada rider) to take him from Omu-Aran in Kwara to a farm settlement.

“When they got there, he pretended to make a phone call to distract him, then hit motorcyclist on the head with a sledgehammer, who abandoned the motorcycle and ran,” the PRO said.

Adeniken said Ayomide had been handed over to the Kwara State Local Government Security Initiative for continued investigation and possible prosecution.

A representative of the Kwara security outfit expressed appreciation to Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa for his efforts in strengthening security across the state and expressed optimism for deeper collaboration between the two states.