A 16-year old armed robbery suspect, simply identified as Sunday aka Oyenusi has confessed that his mother was the one preparing charms for him to prevent his downfall and arrest by security agents.
Sunday made the confession after he was arrested alongside 19 other suspected criminals by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps.
Among the suspects were two teenagers, Timilehin (12), aka Anini, and 20-year-old Odeyemi Ayodele, aka Osumbo.
Timilehin, Sunday and Ayodele were arrested for robbery at Ijare community in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Parading the suspects on Thursday at the command headquarters in Akure, the state capital, the Commander of the corps, Adetunji Adeyeye, said the three boys specialised in armed robbery.
Adeyeye said, Sunday was arrested last year , taken to a rehabilitation centre and was later released because of his age.
“His mother was arrested too because ‘Oyenusi’ confessed to us that his mother was the one preparing charms for him to prevent his downfall and arrest by security agents and his mother has been a beneficiary of the crime proceeds.
“This time around, we will write to the state Ministry of Justice for possible advice on what to do about them. But for their mothers, who have been aiding them, they will be charged to court”.
“Recovered from the suspects were guns, bullets, phones and money”, Adeyeye said.
He added that the suspects had confessed to the crime and would be charged to court.
Speaking, the mother of 12-year-old Timilehin, Iyabo, said her son was influenced by Sunday (Oyenusi).
“I never prepared concoctions for him. I only went to church where my pastor gave me soap. I took him to a river where I bathed him with it for the spirit of criminality to leave him,” she denied.
