Sodiq Oyedokun, a teenager suspected of armed robbery, has expressed frustration over how his traditional bulletproof and anti-arrest vest, intended to help him evade crime scenes, failed to protect him.
Oyedokun was arrested and
paraded alongside 20 other suspected criminals by the Ondo state security
outfit codenamed Amotekun in Akure, the state capital.
In an interview, the suspect,
said that he inherited it from his late father who was a herbalist.
According to him, “my father
gave the vest to me. I kept it in our house since it was given to me.
He said it was the first time
he had put the vest on during an operation, but he usually goes out with it when
going out for an operation.
”The bullet proof vest failed
me because I ought to have disappeared from the scene of the operation.
”I don’t know why the vest
failed me. I was expected to have disappeared and not arrested at the scene
when the Amotekun personnel stormed the venue of the operation.
Meanwhile, also paraded include
suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and specialised Okada snatchers said to
have been terrorizing the people of the state in recent time.
Adeleye who said that they have
been profiled, added that they would be charged to court after thorough
investigation.
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