The Ondo State Amotekun Corps arrested 67 suspected criminals in the last two weeks.

Adetunji Adeleye, state commander of Amotekun Corps, on Monday in Akure, said most of those arrested were suspected kidnappers identified by their victims.

The commander, who explained that some of the suspects were arrested with different types of weapons, with some engaging in housebreaking, robbery and murder, said three of the suspects could be regarded as jailbirds.

Mr Adeleye reassured residents that the corps and other security agencies remained resolute in making the state safe for socio-economic activities.

The Amotekun commander also frowned at the rate at which young men were entering the state reserves, claiming to be hunters.

According to him, the state government will not tolerate anybody without a genuine excuse to be in the forest reserves.

“A worrisome group that we observed recently is young men in their hundreds, saying they are hunters with dogs entering the nooks and crannies of the state.

“We must know why he is coming, and he must have a reference point, not just tell us that you are coming from up north and want to go into our forest reserves and hunt.

“We are not opposed to hunting, but we have rules and regulations guiding whoever wants to enter our reserves, so we have sent them back to their states on the governor’s directive,” he said.

(NAN)