Amotekun arrest family of seven over alleged theft

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network, (Amotekun corps) have arrested seven members of a nuclear family who specialised in breaking into shops and houses and stealing food items.

The suspects who included the father, mother and their five children were apprehended for allegedly stealing bags of rice from an orphanage around Shagari village in Akure South local government area of the state.

The suspects include, John Avor, (42), and his wife, Mary Avor,(38), were apprehended for allegedly stealing bags of rice from an orphanage at Shagari Village in Akure

They were said to have incorporated their five sons into the illegal enterprise with three of the children who are still underaged and were not paraded.

Speaking on their arrest, the father, John, a gateman at the orphanage, confessed to the offense, claiming the stealing was carried out with the assistance of the children at the orphanage, who urged him to steal the rice with the condition that he would give them money.

The Amotekun Commander, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who has just been reappointed by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, explained that John Avor was arrested with his wife and five children when investigations revealed that they were all involved in the stealing of bags of rice from an orphanage.

He disclosed that the shop of a pensioner filled with bags of rice was emptied overnight in the same Estate recently.

He said: “We have a family that specializes in breaking into houses comprising of the husband, the wife, and the children. Family of robbers.

“We equally have three minors, which belong to a family. For obvious reasons, we are not going to parade the minors. They are aged between 12 and 15.

“We are parading the father, mother and two boys among the five children because two of them are minors. They stole the bags of rice from an orphanage at Shagari Village in Akure.”