Police Intercepts Truckload of Suspected Terrorists In Ondo

The Nigeria Police

James Sowole in Akure

Police at the Funbi-Fagun Divisional Police Station in Ondo city, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government on Thursday  intercepted a truck loaded with about 150 persons suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko haram sect.

The suspects who were said to be people from the northern part of the country,  were conveyed in a truck marked, KANO NSR 97 XZ.

They were said to be coming from Kebbi state and heading towards Ore Town the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government before they were intercepted by the police at Lipakala junction in Ondo Town.

The operation which was led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of the Funbi Fagun Police station, Mr Olu-Ojo Ogunmoyole, also involved men of the Special Ant-robbery Squad from the police headquarters in Akure.

The suspects were initially detained at the Funbi-Fagun police station  before they were later conveyed in a truck  that brought them to the police headquarters  Akure, the state capital.

Items recovered from the suspects  include 18 locally made guns, two jack knives, 22 cutlasses as well as several torches.

At the scene of the interception of the suspects, several residents of the town were seen in large numbers struggling to have a glimpse of the items recovered from the suspects.

Similarly, officials from the Department of the State Security Service from Ondo town office as well those from the National Orientation Agency (NOA) , were on ground to maintain law and order.