2 arrested over killing of kidnap
suspects


TWO persons have been arrested by
Police detectives over the killing of suspected
kidnappers in Ondo State.
The state police authorities have also warned
against jungle justice meted out to suspected
kidnappers in the last few weeks across the
state.
Timely intervention of policemen saved three
persons, including a woman, from being set
ablaze by irate youths who mistook them for
kidnappers.
Within a week, two persons have been roasted
alive by irate mob who accused them of
kidnapping.
A woman in Ondo town and a man in Akure
were set ablaze by the mob.
The State Police Commissioner of Police, Mr
Isaac Eke, however, decried the ugly
development.
Eke frowned at the rate by which some people
attacked and mobbed suspected kidnappers in
the recent times in the state.
He said it was wrong for anybody to lynch a
suspected criminal, noting that suspected
criminals should be handed over to the police
instead of members of the public taking laws
into their hands.
He said: “We have arrested two people over the
lynching that occurred in Akure during the week
and we will still arrest more to serve as
deterrent to others that are involved in such
act.”
Meanwhile, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo
State, yesterday, inaugurated a task force on
the evacuation of illegal immigrants, destitutes
and other social miscreants from the state.
This development is part of the efforts of the
government to enhance public safety and
sanity in the state,
Inaugurating the task force, the governor, who
was represented by the Secretary to the State
Government, Dr Rotimi Adelola, explained that
the task force was put in place to safeguard
lives and ensure that no room is given to
anyone to perpetrate evil in the state.
Mimiko, who noted that the government had
noticed the influx of immigrants and the
worrisome behaviour of some citizens in recent
times, said government needed to strengthen
security for the betterment of all and sundry.


Culled from VANGUARD