Akinwale Aboluwade
Four personnel of the Oyo State Security Network otherwise called Amotekun Corps are currently battling for their lives at a hospital in the state after being attacked by hoodlums in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday.
The personnel and some policemen were reportedly attacked by hoodlums at Odeyale area of Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State before noon. The men were said to have been hacked with axe and other dangerous weapons.
It was gathered that four of the Amotekun personnel are currently at the Intensive Care Unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Confirming the incident, the Amotekun Commandant in the state, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), said in a statement that the personnel moved to the area following a distress call by Odeyale Community Landlord Association.
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday declared that the state government has turned the heat on kidnappers and criminals in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun axis of the state.
Makinde who made this declaration during his visit to different spots in Ibarapaland said that his administration will get the criminals to account for their heinous acts in the state.
Noting that the state could not afford further loss of lives, he avowed that his government had put measures in place to deal with criminals.
Some of these measures, according to Makinde, include the setting up of a peace and security committee at the local government levels and the stepping up intelligence gathering in the area.
What was the mission of
Amotekun operatives in Okebi Fulani settlement in Tapa on Saturday, January 9, 2021?
This is a poser that has been generating ripples, deepening the tension among the herders and farmers in the community.
Daily Trust reports that dozens of
Amotekun operatives stormed Okebi village on the fateful Saturday in what the outfit called a clash between it and herders suspected to be kidnappers terrorising communities in the axis.
But the Fulani herders, majority of whom have lived in the village for decades, insist the attack was premeditated, saying the claim that it was a clash with kidnappers was unfounded.
Akinwale Aboluwade
The Amotekun Corps, otherwise called the Oyo State Security Network, said on Tuesday in Ibadan that no fewer than eight sacks of dangerous weapons, including amulets and charms were seized recently from bandits and kidnappers within the forests across Oyo State.
The state Chairman of Amotekun Corps, Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.), made the disclosure on Tuesday, saying that the success made by the Corps was aided by the collaboration with the local hunters under the aegis of Hunters Association of Nigeria.
The hunters, according to Toogun, helped in making the forest operations a success. He stressed that the team were able to disarm the foreign bandits, who were armed with guns, poisoned arrows, poisoned cutlass, knives and dangerous amulets, charms in the forests which filled eight sacks.
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The Special Adviser to Oyo Governor on Security Matters, Fatai Owoseni, speaks during an interview on Channels Television’s
Sunrise Daily on January 15, 2021.
The Special Adviser to the Oyo State Governor, Fatai Owoseni has asked operatives of the State Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, to operate within the ambit of the law.
Owoseni made this call on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s
Sunrise Daily.
“The Oyo State Security Network, Amotekun started its operations about six weeks ago. Something gets back to it; it’s a creation of the law. They are supposed to operate within the ambit of the law that created them,” he said.