It was gathered that the suspects were arrested after a trailer was intercepted which conveyed them from the northern part of Nigeria.
No fewer than 18 travellers from the northern region, who could not explain their mission, have been arrested by members of the Ondo State Amotekun Corps, along Arakale road in Akure, the state capital.
It was gathered that the suspects were arrested after a trailer was intercepted which conveyed them from the northern part of Nigeria.
They were said to constitute a security threat following the suspicious manner in which they were moving, the Amotekun corps said.
The Amotekun corps Commander, Adetunji Adeleye, while parading them at the headquarters of the corps in Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital, said the suspects were first sighted along the Ilesa-Akure Expressway.
The commander maintained that they hid inside a trailer load of beans.
“Our men while on duty saw a suspected vehicle with a load of beans and then trailed the vehicle to Akure. They stopped along Arakale road. While searching the vehicle, we realised they were not carrying only beans but 18 young men.
"The men failed to provide genuine answers as regards their destination and mission in the state.
"The suspects would be handed over to the Head of Hausa community in the state to take them back to their various destinations, Adeleye said that they could constitute nuisance in the state if they were not intercepted," he said.