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  • Amotekun arrests herdsmen, 250 cows over farm destruction

    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 as cassava, cocoyam, plantain and maize were destroyed by the cows.

    The state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said the corps, on receiving a report on activities of the herders in the communities, mobilised to the area.

    He said, “I was amazed when I saw the level of destruction when we got to the farm. The herders first attacked us, but later ran away. However, we arrested two of them. We also seized over 250 cows.”

    Adeleye said the corps would not fight for compensation for the farmers, adding that, henceforth, cows arrested for destruction of farmlands would be taken to court and auctioned.

    “We will charge them to court and auction the cows. That is the position of the state government and the Amotekun Corps as from now,” he added.

    One of the affected farmers, Mr Joseph Odeyemi said, the herders came with their cows and ate the crops, noting that the attack had been ongoing for the past five years.

    The state Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Garba Bello, said the body were ready to compensate the farmers and cooperate with the state government.

    It was gathered an agreement was later signed by MACBAN and Amotekun that cows would not destroy farms, and any herder or cow arrested henceforth would be prosecuted.

  • Herders flee as Amotekun arrests over 100 cows in Ondo

    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 in the State.

    He said they were also enforcing directives of the State government that the streets and forest reserves be rid of unregistered herdsmen.

    Adeleye disclosed that the cows were intercepted and arrested at the boundary of Osun and Ondo State.

    He said it took officers about 30 kilometers walk to control the cows to the corps headquarters in Akure, the State capital.

    “I don’t want to narrow it on the issue of capturing cattle. I would want to say it’s a way of reducing crime. These cows were actually blocking the major road leading to the State capital,” he said.

    “One of the occupants of the vehicle that was blocked called our distress line and within few minutes, our men were on ground.

    “We should take note that our men are in all the 18 local government areas and we are on 24 hours patrol. We arrived at the scene promptly.

    “The culprits who sited us on arrival ran away and controlled the cows to follow them, but we were only able to control the cows back,” he said.

  • Amotekun arrests two men caught having sex in Ondo

    Amotekun arrests two men caught having sex in Ondo

    Men of the Ondo State Security Network , Amotekun Corps have arrested two men caught having sex.

    The duo, Seyi Balogun aka Amunidara, 42, and Tosin Arifalo,18, were arrested at Kajola in Ijoka area of Akure.

    Speaking to newsmen, Balogun, a native of Isua Akoko, claimed that it was Tosin that lured him into the act.

    “I was never into it before, it was Tosin that came to me saying he loved me. I don’t like homosexual act, he seduced me, he lured me into it. I told him to give me rest of mind, but when he was threatening me I have to obey him. Since then, we have been having sex together. What I can say is that the devil caused it, and I have warned him not to come to my house again,” he said.

    However, Tosin from Iro in Akure, said he was lured by Balogun into having sex with him three times.

    Tosin stated that anytime Balogun wanted to have sex with him, he would take him to his house at Kajola in Ijoka.

    He further said that Balogun introduced him to one of his friends, Olojijo, who had sex with him many times.

    Both men have been handed over to the Ondo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for investigation and prosecution.

  • Police DPO shoots “unruly” Amotekun operative over arrest of Fulani Herdsmen

    Police DPO shoots “unruly” Amotekun operative over arrest of Fulani Herdsmen

    The Divisional Police Officer at Igbon Police Station in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, Ayodeji Adepoju, allegedly shot and injured an unruly member of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun on Friday.

    The DPO, it was learnt, ordered the arrest of two operatives of the Amotekun Corps for arresting herdsmen whose cattle were grazing on a farm in Gambari village, allegedly destroying crops in the process.

    The aggrieved farmer was said to have reported the case to Amotekun in the area and the herdsmen were arrested.

    But some of the herdsmen were said to have reported the case to the DPO who ordered the arrest of the two Amotekun operatives, Jenyo and Olatunji Mayowa, who were investigating the case.

    It was gathered that the DPO said the Amotekun was not set up to arrest herdsmen but to go after armed robbers.

    The unit Commander of Amotekun in the area, Araoye Amoo, was said to have gone to the police station with his men to secure the release of the two officials.

    He was discussing with the station guard when the DPO stormed out of his office and reportedly collected a gun from a policeman and shot one of the Amotekun men in the leg.

    The DPO repeatedly claimed that he overheard the Amotekun corps say they were coming to the station to kill him.

    The unit commander said one of the Amotekun corps who escaped from the scene was pursued and disarmed.

    Araoye said the police checked and discovered that the gun which was forcefully collected from the Amotekun was not even loaded

    The unit commander, in a video said all the guns which his men carried to the station were not loaded because they did not go there to fight but to secure the release of those arrested.

    The Amotekun commandant in Oyo State, Col Olayinka Olayanju (retd), confirmed the incident, adding that the injured Amotekun official had been taken to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

    He said, “The DPO arrested and detained our men that arrested herdsmen. The unit commander led some of his people there to ask for the release of his men but the DPO was said to have shot them. One of them was injured and he is on admission at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.”

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, later said in a statement the Fulani reported that some Amotekun operatives wanted to set their settlement on fire and some policemen who were deployed there brought the Amotekun men to the police station.

    He was however silent on the shooting of the Amotekun operative.

    The PPRO said, “It was a report from the Secretary of Miyetti Allah, one, Oroji Allah ‘m’ at Orile Igbon Police Station that some Amotekun operatives planned to set ablaze Fulani ‘Igaa’. A team of policemen was sent to the scene and brought them to the station for amicable settlement by the DPO.

    “Not too long, Amotekun corps numbering about 30 invaded the station and conducted themselves in an unruly and riotous manner. Three of them were arrested. The Area Commander Ogbomoso is handling the matter.”

  • Ogun begins recruitment of Amotekun operatives as herdsmen crisis persists

    Ogun begins recruitment of Amotekun operatives as herdsmen crisis persists

    The Ogun State Government has commenced the recruitment of Amotekun operatives to curb incessant attacks and killings by herdsmen in some parts of the state.

    In a notice on Thursday, the government asked qualified individuals interested in joining the State Security Network to submit their applications.

    It also called on local vigilantes, hunters, and ex-servicemen to be members of the corps, noting that the security outfit would fortify the existing security architecture.

    “The Ogun State Government welcomes applications from qualified individuals interested in joining the Ogun State Security Network (AMOTEKUN Corps),” the government said on Friday via Twitter.

    “Interested applicants are advised to: Apply on the Job Portal http://jobs.ogunstate.gov.ng, Fill both the online and downloaded application forms, and submit two(2) copies of the downloaded form at the Office of the Commander, Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps).

    “Alternatively, interested candidates can visit the Office of the Commander, Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps), Former Ministry of Works, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta to pick up the application form. Multiple applications would be disqualified. Application closes on Friday 19th February 2021.”

    Governments of Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun, Lagos, Osun, Ondo had last year agreed to float the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun to address the security challenges confronting the region.

    The Amotekun Corps had also got the constitutional backing of the six-state assemblies in the region.

    While Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti states have since commenced the operations of the security outfit, governments of Osun, Ogun and Lagos had yet to begin activities.

  • BREAKING: Herdsmen kill 2 in Ondo State, set Amotekun vehicle ablaze

    BREAKING: Herdsmen kill 2 in Ondo State, set Amotekun vehicle ablaze

    Suspected herdsmen have attacked Sanusi Village in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State and killed a farmer and a member of a local vigilante group.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Public Relations Officer of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo, Mr Adebayo Ayeni confirmed the incident on Friday

    In a statement Mr Ayeni stated that the incident happened on Thursday and that the herdsmen also went into the village where an Amotekun vehicle was parked and set it ablaze.

    “Men of Ondo State Security Network Agency, have again made another major breakthrough in their strive to get rid of criminal elements in Ondo State.

    “This cartel was piling up arms and ammunition to invade the entire state, while masquerading as herders and using the forest as kidnappers den for negotiation and ransom, illegal mining activities and cultivation of Indian hemps.

    “The security outfits in conjunction with the police, the army and other security agencies in the state however smoked them out of the forest, after it was discovered that the bandits had killed a farmer and a member of the vigilante group in the area.

    “They also went to the village where an Amotekun vehicle was parked and set it ablaze,” Ayeni stated.

  • Hoodlums attack four Amotekun corps, policeman in Oyo

    Hoodlums attack four Amotekun corps, policeman in Oyo

    Hoodlums have attacked four operatives of the Oyo State Security Network otherwise called Amotekun Corps and a policeman in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    The victims were attacked on Friday in another crisis suspected to have culminated from a gang fight at Odeyale area of Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state, leaving them critically injured.

    The security operatives were said to be receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

    Confirming the incident on Saturday, the Amotekun Commandant in the state, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), in a statement said the personnel moved to the area following a distress call by Odeyale Community Landlord Association to help dislodge hoodlums perpetrating violence in the community.

    Also, the Police Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Fadeyi confirmed the incident, noting that some arrests have been made while investigations continue into the cause of the violent attacks.

    Fadeyi said that the Amotekun operatives drafted to the area sent a distress call to the police for support and some policemen were drafted to help in restoring peace to the area but some of them ended up being attacked by the hoodlums.

    He however said normalcy has been restored to the area as more security operatives have been dispatched to prevent further breach of peace.

  • TRENDING: Amotekun arrests secondary students for ‘behaving’ like Naira Marley [VIDEO]

    TRENDING: Amotekun arrests secondary students for ‘behaving’ like Naira Marley [VIDEO]

    A viral video of some secondary school students arrested by the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) has surfaced online.

    According to the narrator in the video, the students were caught in their school bush by the Amotekun corps. The narrator said the students were arrested for behaving like popular controversial artiste, Naira Marley.

    However, TheNewsGuru.com, TNG was unable to established how the students behaved like the popular artiste.

    Watch video below:

    https://twitter.com/OfficialRMD_/status/1353063552890728449?s=20

  • Commercial motorcyclists are spying for bandits, kidnappers in Oyo – Amotekun

    Commercial motorcyclists are spying for bandits, kidnappers in Oyo – Amotekun

    The Oyo State chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, has said commercial motorcyclists in the state are working with kidnappers and bandits.

    According to the chairman of Amotekun Corps in the state, Col. Kunle Togun (retd.), the motorcyclists, many of whom are not from the state, have been contributing to the growing insecurity there.

    He said some foreigners who were taken in articulated trucks to some states, including Oyo, during the COVID-19 lockdown last year could not speak any Nigerian language.

    He said they could only speak French.

    Togun hinted that the warning given by the state governor to traditional chiefs to stop allocating lands to herdsmen with no papers proving their Nigerian nationality would go a long way in stemming the spate of killings and kidnappings in Yorubaland.

    Togun, who was responding to questions from reporters at his office in the State Secretariat at Agodi on Monday, said the greed of some traditional and community leaders in many Yoruba towns led to the growing insecurity, which he insisted that Amotekun had been curbing.

    “Before Amotekun was established, the problem of Yorubaland since the invasion of the land by these herdsmen, has been our traditional chiefs and leaders in Yorubaland. They take money, cows and cars from these people, and allow them to settle and wreak havoc in their domains.

    “I have attended meetings of Obas in Oke-Ogun and I told them to stop giving lands to foreigners. These herdsmen are called Bororos in Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa areas; they are not Nigerians. What is happening should not be analysed in the area of religion, it is territorial expansion.

    “Their leaders talk about the ECOWAS Free Movement Law, but the one I am aware of is that anybody from ECOWAS country can go into another ECOWAS country without visa but you cannot stay there for more than ninety days at a stretch. Some of these people have been occupying our land for years and they are not Nigerians.

    “Most of them that were dumped here by trailers during the COVID-19 lockdown have turned to Okada riders. Many are carrying wheelbarrows all over the place, selling carrots, oranges and the rest. The Okada riders are their spies; we have noted that and we are working on a government policy that will curtail the use of these people to foment crisis in Oyo State and the Yorubaland as a whole.”

    Kunle Togun noted that Nigerians are the most security unconscious people in the world, saying even the neighbouring Benin Republic has a database for people and is more secure.

    He said people who expect Amotekun to fail in Oyo State should be ashamed as the outfit would continue to be the pride of all Yoruba people at home and in the diaspora.
    He urged the people of the state to continue to put their trust and support in the outfit.

  • Ekiti sets aside N1.4bn for Amotekun in 2021 budget

    Ekiti sets aside N1.4bn for Amotekun in 2021 budget

    The Ekiti Government on Sunday said it was not taking anything to chance in 2021 addressing the growing insecurity in the state, particularly kidnapping.

    It therefore voted N1.4 billion for the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in its 2021 budget.

    The Commissioner for Budget, Mr Femi Ajayi made this known at a press conference in Ado Ekiti where he gave the detailed analysis of the N109.666 budget passed by the state legislative and recently assented to by Gov. Kayode Fayemi.

    Recall Fayemi had on Dec. 23, 2020, assented to the budgetary provision, christened “Budget of Recovery and Economic Restoration”, comprising N58. 4 billion for recurrent and N51.6 billion for capital expenditures .

    Ajayi said that the priority to security was in a bid to further attract investment and ensure safety of all investors and residents.

    “Following the incessant security challenges which include kidnapping, herders/farmers clashes, robberies in the country, to ensure the security of lives and properties, Governor Kayode Fayemi inaugurated the Ekiti State Security Trust Fund coined ‘Amotekun’ in collaboration with other South-Western States on 19th October, 2020.

    “A sum of N1.44 billion has been earmarked as capital allocation for Amotekun Corps. For procurement of Drones for surveillance, a sum of N550 million has been earmarked while a total of N320 million will be spent on safety city project and the Ekiti State Security Trust Fund will gulp a sum of N55 million,” the commissioner said.

    He said that government had also earmarked a total of N8 billion to critical areas of social services, to include the education sector, health, gender empowerment, social security and other pivotal sub-sectors critical to the growth of the state’s economy.

    To fund the budget, Ajayi said that a total of N29.6 billion was expected from the federation account, N8.4 billion raised from Internally Generated revenue including taxes and other fees while N4.5 billion would be generated from tertiary institutions, including other sundry sources.

    The Commissioner stated that the budget was tailored towards resetting the economy to rise to COVID-19 challenges and open a new vista in the fight against poverty, engendering of industrial growth and agribusiness.

    He said a sum of N2.4 billion had been budgeted to start off the recently approved Bamidele Olumilua University of Education Science and Technology while a total of N677million was earmarked for the new school of Commercial Agriculture, Isan Ekiti.

    Ajayi said that in consideration for human capital development and equality of all genders, the state proposed to hold a Gender Summit and a N35 million had been budgeted for the project.

    The commissioner also said that N20 million would be spent on construction of a Family Court to attend to family issues,” timeously”.

    On urban renewal development , Ajayi said a sum of N250 million was to be expended on the Master Plan of Ado Ekiti and Satellite Towns while a sum of N4.5 million would be spent on ecological programme called NEWMAP.

    On sports, he said about N116 million was voted for youth and sports development, out of which N30 million has been set aside for the upgrade of the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium.

    Also, N15.2 million would be used for the construction of a multipurpose sports hall in Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, while government also allocated N79.2 million and another N15 million to the Ekiti United Football Club and Ekiti Queens FC respectively.

    He assured that the present administration would leave no stone unturned in ensuring the full implementation of the 2021 Budget.

    “This is in fulfilment of the pact signed with the good people of the State, this can only be feasible when we as good citizens perform our civic responsibilities in ensuring payment of taxes and other levies to improve the revenue accruable to the Government”, he said.