Fleeing Osun Man Nabbed Over Sudden Disappearance Of Neighbour

The Osun State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, on Saturday, stated that it arrested a resident of the state, Banji Olaniyi, following the mysterious disappearance of Damilare Akinranti, whom he took to a farm.

According to The Punch, two men, Olaniyi, 31, and Akinranti, aged 24, were said to have gone to a farm located in Iguede Village.

However, Akinranti has not been found while Olaniyi returned to Mooro, but later allegedly relocated to an undisclosed location and changed his mobile line.

Speaking about the incident in a statement on Saturday, the spokesperson for the Corps, Yusuf Idowu, said people became suspicious of Olaniyi, and a search was launched, which later led to his arrest in Jagun village in Irewole Local Government Area of the state.

The statement partly read, “Eleven months ago, precisely Sunday, November 6, 2022, at around 9 am, Banji Olaniyi Julius convinced Damilare Akinranti, aged 24, to follow him to a farm in Iguede, Area 5, a distant farm in that same local government area; only for Akinranti to get missing since then.

“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 Akinranti to a farm in Iguede and did not return with him. Aside from changing residence, he also changed his mobile phone number.

“The suspect was arrested in Jagun village of Irewole Local Government Area. He has been on the radar of the Osun Amotekun since a complaint was lodged against him by the family of the missing person at the Ife North Command of the Corps.

“Luck ran out on him, following a tip-off from our extensive intelligence gathering. 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.”