Tag: amotekun
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OPC warns Miyetti Allah to desist from plot to infiltrate Amotekun
Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has warned the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to desist from “plot” to infiltrate the Southwest Security Network (Amotekun). The Yoruba organisation gave the warning in reaction to MACBAN’s call for the inclusion of its members and other ethnic bodies in the outfit. OPC said the demand was…
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3 Killed, 2 injured as Amotekun operatives, herdsmen clash
No fewer than three persons were reported murdered and two others injured on Saturday during a clash between the Oyo State Amotekun operatives and some Fulani herdsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Amotekun operatives and herdsmen engaged in a clash at Aiyete in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. The…
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Seven feared dead as Amotekun, herdsmen battle in Oyo
Men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun and some Fulani have allegedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. The brawl was said to have started at Okebi village on Saturday morning but the cause of the clash could not…
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Amotekun must not become another SARS in Nigeria- Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said the South-West Security Network Agency code named Amotekun, must not become the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. The Nobel Laureate emphasised the importance of ethical training so that the defunct notorious police unit does not resurfaced in Amotekun. Recall that Ondo and Oyo…
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Makinde to sanction erring personnel of Amotekun corps
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his government is already investigating the reports of alleged highhandedness of some personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network; code-named ‘Amotekun’. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan by Mankinde’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa. The statement said that Makinde’s reaction on his…
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Oyo Amotekun reacts to member’s shooting of police officer
The Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun has said its officer, Ibrahim Ogundele, did not intentionally shoot a police constabulary, Fatai Yekini. The Commandant of the Amotekun corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), said this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday by the media officer of the security outfit,…
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Amotekun operative shoots policeman in Oyo
An operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun, has shot a police officer, Fatai Yekini, in Oyo town. The Amotekun officer, identified as Ibrahim Ogundele, was said to have opened fire on one of the policemen immediately they arrived at a carnival. The incident was said to have happened around…
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Amotekun debunks report of killing of U.I student
Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, the Commandant of the Southwest Security Network in Oyo State, otherwise known as Amotekun, has debunked a report that its operatives killed a student of the University of Ibadan last Sunday. Olayanju said in a statement issue in Ibadan on Saturday that men of the Amotekun Corps had an encounter with…
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Amotekun deploys personnel on Ekiti roads
The Corps Commandant, Ekiti State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe, has placed personnel of the security outfit on alert and deployed them across the state to guarantee a hitch-free end-of-year celebrations. Komolafe said Amotekun personnel were in charge of major roads in the state to ward off criminal elements who might want…
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Ekiti State translates “Amotekun” law, others into Yoruba language
As part of efforts to make people of Ekiti State to understand state laws, the Ministry of Justice has translated six laws into Yoruba language. Prominent among the laws is the Ekiti State Security Network Agency Law, 2019 establishing the Ekiti State Security Network Agency and “Amotekun’’ Corps to assist in maintaining law and order.…