₦airaland Forum

The Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) has arraigned three men before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure over alleged kidnapping and assault.

The suspects, identified as Chukwudi Udo, Cletus Ugoji, and Benjamin Enoch, appeared in court on Monday on charges including conspiracy, abduction, assault, and theft.

According to the prosecution, the offences were allegedly committed at different times between 2025 and February 12, 2026, at Laide Camp, located in Ipele, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The prosecutor told the court that the suspects allegedly assaulted some victims and forcefully stole unspecified sums of money from them. They were also accused of abducting individuals within the camp area.

The offences contravene Sections 516, 383, 390, and 371 of the Criminal Code Law of Ondo State, 2006, as well as Section 3(ii)(b) of the Ondo State Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Law, 2010.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. Their counsel, C.O. Falana, urged the court to grant bail on liberal terms and requested an adjournment to allow the defence to prepare witnesses for trial.

In her ruling, Magistrate T.I. James-Ayodele granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦500,000 with two sureties in the same amount and adjourned the case to March 31, 2026, for definite hearing.

Magabush1:
Everyday , we hear stories of theft. Stop stealing young men , work hard and God will bless you.

Hoodrat:
https://www.channelstv.com/2026/03/10/amotekun-arraigns-three-over-alleged-kidnapping-assault-in-ondo/

Hoodrat:
https://www.channelstv.com/2026/03/10/amotekun-arraigns-three-over-alleged-kidnapping-assault-in-ondo/

Goonnik:
men from other region spoiling another man land.

rotadeco27:
Had it been a succes, their people would have being shouting Fulani this Fulani that.

Brendaniel:
If you sit down and logically go through the information up there, then you will see something doesn't really seem right,

No court in Nigeria will grant armed kidnappers bail on the first hearing, something doesn't seem right with the whole charges against them...

Ijaya123:
What doesn’t sit right with me is the Amotekun prosecuting a criminal case.

I thought it is only the police that can do that?

When did Amotekun get the legal right to do that?

Hoodrat:
What you are seeing in that report is not Amotekun convicting or independently prosecuting criminals, but rather Amotekun acting as the complainant or arresting authority while a prosecutor files the case in court. Even though the news says Amotekun arraigned them, legally the charge must be filed by a prosecutor acting under the authority of the state.

That normally means a lawyer from the Ondo State Ministry of Justice or a police prosecutor.