Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has pardoned 28 arrested suspects.
The were pardoned on Wednesday as part of effort to celebrate the 2024 eld-el-fitri.
The suspects were earlier arrested by the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps over different light offences.
The light offences are dangerous driving, destruction of public peace, minor stealing and buying of stolen goods.
The State Commander of Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, who announced this while parading forty-five suspected criminals, explained that the governor also ordered that the twenty eight released suspects should be handed over to their next of kins/family members for rehabilitation.
On the remaining suspects who were arrested for kidnapping, the Amotekun commander said they would be made to face the full weight of the law at the conclusion of investigations.
Akogun Adeleye said among those paraded were, kidnappers who matcheted a fellow kidnapper in Akoko area to prevent him from revealing their criminal secret.
According to the Amotekun Commander, the syndicates have confessed to several kidnapping operations in Akoko axis to Kogi and Edo states, while their sponsor is being tracked.
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