Sodiq Oyedokun, a teenager suspected of armed robbery, has expressed frustration over how his traditional bulletproof and anti-arrest vest, intended to help him evade crime scenes, failed to protect him.
Oyedokun was arrested and paraded alongside 20 other suspected criminals by the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun in Akure, the state capital.
In an interview, the suspect, said that he inherited it from his late father who was a herbalist.
According to him, ”my father gave the vest to me. I kept it in our house since it was given to me.
He said it was the first time he had put the vest on during an operation, but he usually goes out with it when going out for an operation.
”The bullet proof vest failed me because I ought to have disappeared from the scene of the operation.
”I don’t know why the vest failed me. I was expected to have disappeared and not arrested at the scene when the Amotekun personnel stormed the venue of the operation.
Meanwhile, also paraded include suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and specialised Okada snatchers said to have been terrorizing the people of the state in recent time.
Adeleye who said that they have been profiled, added that they would be charged to court after thorough investigation.
