Amotekun Evicts Another 137 From Ondo Forest

The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps
has evicted another 137 illegal occupants of forest reserve across
the state.

Those evicted were suspected to constitute security threats to
the state.

They were picked at Elegbeka forest along the Akure-Owo-Ifon
road few days after they arrived the state.

Last week, 42 persons were arrested and sent back to their home
states after they could not give satisfactory answers on their
mission to the state.

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu vowed to evict occupants of
forest reserves who fail to register with government.

Ondo Commander of Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said
the 137 illegal occupants would be escorted out of the state to
where they came from.

“We got an Intel that very many people bombarded (forests at)
Elegbeka–Ifon area in the state.

“We moved in and on questioning majority of them said they were
from the northern part of the country and others said they are from
Ogun state.

“We asked for their mission and they were not able to give us a
clear cut of what they are here for. We brought some of them (to
Akure) and there sponsors here to the headquarters (of Amotekun)
for proper investigation.

“We profiled them and we found out that they were conniving with
some persons in Ose to be given space for settlement in the
government’s forest reserve which makes them illegal occupants of
the forests.

“We are sending them back to where they claimed they came from,”
Adeleye said.

The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps
has evicted another 137 illegal occupants of forest reserve across
the state.

Those evicted were suspected to constitute security threats to
the state.

They were picked at Elegbeka forest along the Akure-Owo-Ifon
road few days after they arrived the state.

Last week, 42 persons were arrested and sent back to their home
states after they could not give satisfactory answers on their
mission to the state.

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu vowed to evict occupants of
forest reserves who fail to register with government.

Ondo Commander of Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said
the 137 illegal occupants would be escorted out of the state to
where they came from.

“We got an Intel that very many people bombarded (forests at)
Elegbeka–Ifon area in the state.

“We moved in and on questioning majority of them said they were
from the northern part of the country and others said they are from
Ogun state.

“We asked for their mission and they were not able to give us a
clear cut of what they are here for. We brought some of them (to
Akure) and there sponsors here to the headquarters (of Amotekun)
for proper investigation.

“We profiled them and we found out that they were conniving with
some persons in Ose to be given space for settlement in the
government’s forest reserve which makes them illegal occupants of
the forests.

“We are sending them back to where they claimed they came from,”
Adeleye said.