Osun Amotekun nabs suspected kidnapper, murderer

<p>The Osun State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) have arrested a suspected kidnapper and murderer, Banji Olaniyi Julius.</p>, <p>The 31-year-old, according to the security outfit, is responsible for the sudden disappearance of Damilare Akinranti, a native of Moro, Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State.</p>, <p>According to a press statement made available by the Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi, rtd. on Saturday, Akinranti disappeared on November 6, 2022 after the suspect lured him.</p>, <p>According to the statement, “Eleven (11) months ago, Sunday, November 6, 2022, at about 0900hrs, Banji Olaniyi Julius convinced Damilare Akinranti, age 24, to follow him to a farm in Iguede, Area 5, a distant farm in that same local government area; only for Damilare to get missing till date.</p>, <p>“The suspect who lured his victim to a farm in Iguede without his family members’ knowledge had since absconded from home when it was discovered that he took Damilare to a farm in Iguede and did not return with him. Aside from changing residence, he has changed his mobile phone number.”</p>, <p>Confirming his arrest, Adewinmbi affirmed that the suspect, who was arrested in Jagun village of the Irewole Local Government Area, has been on the radar of the security outfit after a complaint was lodged against him by the family of the missing person at the Ife North Command of the Corps.</p>, <p>General Adewinmbi said, “Luck ran out of Banji, following a tip-off from our extensive intelligence gathering network.”</p>, <p>The Osun Amotekun boss reiterated that the Corps’ commitment is proactively identifying such criminal elements in the state to face the wrath of the law.</p>, <p>He added that upon his arrest and preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to having lured the missing person and many others to the same farm in years past.</p>, <p>“The suspect, after extensive investigation, has been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Oth