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Amotekun denies involvement as youths protest killing of teenager in Oyo

Amotekun denies involvement as youths protest killing of teenager in Oyo
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Insecurity: Global Rights reports 1, 603 Nigerians killed within Q1 of 2021

Insecurity: Global Rights reports 1, 603 Nigerians killed within Q1 of 2021 On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja An international rights organization, Global Rights Nigeria, Sunday, reported 1, 603 Nigerians were killed in the first quarter of 2021. The report tagged ‘Violent Incidents Report: January 2021’ which was made available to Vanguard attributed the killings to ‘mass atrocities across the country between January and March 2021. According to the report, there has been Harvest of Abductions, Insecurity of Security Officers, Ethnic/communal tensions, Unending Terrors, and others, which have worsened the insecurity situation across the country. The report also pointed that banditry alone claimed 906 lives, which made it the highest cause of killings in the country and followed by Boko Haram attacks claiming 207 lives in Nigeria while kidnapping recorded 1, 774 abductees within the period under review.

Curtail excesses of Amotekun

The security outfit has been accused of various rights infringements. One of which was the shooting of a police officer, Fatai Yekini, in Sabo area of Oyo town by an Amotekun corps member identified as Ibrahim Ogundele on Saturday, January 2, 2021. Another incident happened in Ibarapa Local Government of the state, where a septuagenarian, Alhaji Usman Okebi and his two sons were killed. Alhaji Usman was killed when the members of the corps allegedly stormed their settlement and started shooting sporadically. Earlier, on December 19, 2020, Amotekun operatives were accused of killing two people in Isale Osi area of the state. Also on December 20, a 400-level student of the Federal College of Education in the state, Akolade Gbadebo, was killed by the operatives who claimed he was an armed robber and cultist.

Why some people want Amotekun to fail —Makinde

Share Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, in this interview with newsmen, speaks on the activities of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, insecurity and the resurgence of COVID-19 in the state and the measures his government is taking to address them.   Despite the commitment of your government to the security of the state, there have been some security challenges, with the Police in the state seeming not to be self-motivated. Following the #EndSARS saga, the Police in the state appear to be reluctant to return to work fully. What is going on?  The #EndSARS protests led to the loss of lives of citizens including police personnel. There was a total breakdown of trust and even between myself and the Police, because they thought I should be supporting them (Police). I said then that the Police should take the back seat and support other security agencies but I did not say it because I do not love the officers and men of the Police or because we are not appre

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