Tag: amotekun
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Suspected herdsmen in military, customs camouflage launch fresh attacks on Igangan communities; kill Amotekun commander, three others
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen again struck late Friday night in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo state killing four residents. The attack was however repelled by the swift response of local security operatives. The Commander of Amotekun Corps in Ibarapa Central simply identified as Muri was among the victims of the attack.…
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Amotekun raids night clubs, confiscates 40 vehicles in Ondo
The Ondo State Security Network, better known as Amotekun Corps, has impounded no fewer than 40 vehicles when its operatives raided some night clubs on Wednesday in Akure, the state capital. The government has ordered that the nightclubs and bars should stop operating beyond midnight in the state, as part of the measures to curb…
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Amotekun arrests two bandits, recovers AK-47, others in Oyo
THE Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, has arrested two bandits of Fulani extraction with assorted firearms in the Ibarapa area of the state. The media unit of Amotekun in the state said in a statement on Thursday that the bandits were arrested with one AK-47 rifle, one pump action and a…
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Reps move to give legal backing to Amotekun, EbubeAgu
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading, a bill to allow states establish security outfits to support the police. The constitution alteration bill, if passed, will give constitutional backing to regional security outfits like Amotekun of the South-west and Ebube Agu of the South-east. The bill is seeking to amend sections 197, 214…
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Amotekun evacuates 42 suspected Fulani invaders in Ondo
The Ondo State Government Sunday evacuated 42 suspected Fulani invaders, who were arrested on Thursday by men of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun, at Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government. The suspected invaders, who are mainly from Jigawa and Kano States, claimed that they were brought to Ondo State for training as security…
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Amotekun apprehends 11 suspected bandits in Oyo
Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, have arrested 11 suspected bandits terrorising residents of the state. Amotekum Commandant in the state, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan. Olayanju said that the suspects were arrested during joint routine patrol with members of the…
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Gunmen kill Amotekun corps in Oyo
Some gunmen has reportedly ambushed and killed Suleiman Qudril, an operative of Amotekun Corps, around Fiditi area of Oyo State. Qudril, 25, was killed in an ambush on Tuesday by gunmen numbering about 11 at Living Farms in Fiditi area of the state. The Commandant of the Corps, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, confirmed this in…
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Amotekun: How we secured release of kidnaped Ekiti monarch, arrested ‘mastermind’ behind abduction
The Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti in the Oye Local Government area of Ekiti State, Oba David Oyewumi, who was kidnapped in his palace on Thursday, has regained freedom. The Ekiti Amotekun Corps Commander, Brig Gen. Joe Komolafe, said the traditional ruler was rescued at Obbo Ile in Kwara State with the support of the vigilante…
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Amotekun arrests herdsmen, 250 cows over farm destruction
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, on Sunday seized about 250 cows which allegedly destroyed 300-hectare farmland in Ipogun, Ilara Mokin and Owena Dan areas of Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The security outfit also apprehended two herders who accompanied the arrested cows into the farms. It was gathered that crops such…
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Herders flee as Amotekun arrests over 100 cows in Ondo
Suspected unregistered cow herders in Ondo State ran away as Amotekun officers arrested over 100 cows in the state for flouting the open grazing laws. The herders ran away upon sighting operatives of the Amotekun Corps. Adetunji Adeleye, Commander of the Corps in the State said the move was part of efforts at curbing crimes…