Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is today the happiest man in the world, reasons being that his investment of hundreds of million naira in the Amotekun Security Network Corp, is not in vain.
Only two days ago, Akeredolu had been very distressed and downcast over the near total collapse of the state security architecture since last Thursday.
In one single day, three major separate attacks by gunmen in different parts of the state had been recorded to the extent that in one of the incidents, a first class traditional ruler, the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Adeusi, was fell by a hail of bullets from suspected kidnappers. He died afterwards.
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Amotekun Commandant, Adetunji Adeleye
In another gory attack on Union Bank branch at Irele, by gunmen, one person was killed and several persons injured, even as armed robbers carted away several millions of naira from the bank.
The third incidence was the kidnapping of the wife of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Olugbenga Ale same day Thursday.
Mrs Ale was as at the time of incidence returning to Akure when her vehicle ran into a roadblock mounted at Owena near Idanre by suspected kidnappers who abducted her since the past two days.
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However, there has been a cheering news of the rescue and release of the wife of the Governor’s top aide, courtesy of the state’s Amotekun Corps.
After two days of rigorous combing of the forests within the Ondo territory, local hunters working with members of the Amotekun Corps were able to successfully secure the release of the the woman.
A source said the woman was released on Saturday morning after the hunters and other security agencies got to the location where the kidnappers kept their victims.
Commandant of the Ondo State Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who confirmed the release of Mrs. Ale, said it was too early to disclose how the rescue operation was carried out.
He, however, disclosed that some suspects have been arrested in relation to the kidnapping.
According to him; “I can confirm to you that the wife of the Chief of Staff has secured her freedom and on her way to Akure. She was released without paying the ransom as she was rescued by Amotekun and local hunters.”
Chief Adetunji Adeleye is the Corps Commander Amotekun Security Corps, otherwise known as Ondo State Security Network Agency.
He retired as the Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. He was Chairman of the Committee that transformed the NSCDC from a voluntary group to a full government paramilitary organization.
