The militants who kidnapped the six Senior Secondary School students of Lagos Model College, Igbonla, Epe, Lagos State, couple months back, were among several youths that resisted their arms to adopt the amnesty programme of the Ondo State Government on Tuesday.

The militants were also alleged to be in charge of numerous pipeline vandalism at Arepo at Ogun State and many strikes in the riverine regions of Ondo State.

The militants were also alleged to be in charge of various pipeline vandalism at Arepo in Ogun State and many strikes in the riverine areas of Ondo State.

The militants were led by their leader, Ogailo Young, also Called OC, into the Collection and Documentation of Arms Centre in Ajakpa community from the Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state.

They said they willingly dropped their arms and ammunition to embrace the amnesty programme and allow peace to reign in the state.

Young appreciated the state and the Federal Government for the fresh amnesty initiative extended to his men.

He said joblessness and poverty, as a result of neglect by government, led them to crime.

He said, “If we are asked the reasons for embarking on our struggle, the simple answer is joblessness, suffering, poverty, oppression and neglect by the government.

“We did not find life easy. We relocated to Ogun State and the schoolboys in Government College, Igbonla, Epe, were kidnapped. Their release led to the present arrangement through the courageous efforts of the deputy governors of Ondo and Delta states. We did not kidnap these boys for mere ransom, but to negotiate our freedom and re-integration into normal life.”

Source: https://aderonkebamidele.com/igbonla-kidnappers-take-a-bow-embraces-governments-amnesty-program/