Officers of the Ondo State Security Network popularly known as Amotekun Corps, have apprehended 18 suspected bandits from Katsina State.
Checkout Magazine learnt the suspected bandits were travelling in three buses when men of the Amotekun Corps, in a joint operation with the police, intercepted one of the buses while the other two escaped.
Adeleye said guns and ammunition concealed inside sacks filled with tiger nuts were recovered while over 500 daggers, cutlasses, swords and other weapons were found hidden under the seats of the bus.
His words, “We got information that a group of young men were coming to invade the state. We set out to stop them from entering the state.
“At different places we mounted roadblocks. They overran the barricades until we intercepted them near Ondo town.
“Two of the fully-loaded buses escaped but we intercepted one and arrested its occupants. We opened the bags of tiger nuts and found guns and ammunition while other weapons like daggers, cutlasses, Jack knives were found concealed under the seats.
“We will prosecute them after investigations have been concluded.”
