Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, have arrested a 19-year-old suspected serial motorcycle border robber, Oyediran Ayomide, during the ongoing Ember border security patrol tagged Operation Le Won Jade.

Ayomide, who hails from Ola in Kwara State, was apprehended in Ore after allegedly attacking a commercial motorcycle rider with a sledgehammer and fleeing with the stolen bike. Speaking with journalists in Akure, the suspect admitted to committing the crime with the intention of using the motorcycle for commercial transportation in Ore.

“I told the Okada rider to take me from Omu-Aran to a farm settlement. When we got there, I pretended to make a phone call to distract him. Then I hit him on the head with a sledgehammer. He abandoned the motorcycle and ran,” he confessed.

Further investigation revealed that the suspect remained in Ore for some time before attempting to return to the area, believing the rider may have died from the attack. However, security personnel in Ajuwe community, who had been on alert, eventually apprehended him.

Confirming the arrest, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Jimoh Adeniken, said the suspect has been handed over to the Kwara State Local Government Security Initiative  for continued investigation and possible prosecution.


The Kwara security outfit expressed appreciation to Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa for his efforts in strengthening security across the state and expressed optimism for deeper collaboration between the two states.