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  • Amotekun deploys personnel on Ekiti roads

    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 to capitalise on the season to attack people.

    The corps commandant, in a statement titled, ‘Yuletide: Don’t reveal your movements on social media, Ekiti Amotekun tells residents,’ on Friday, advised residents to celebrate Christmas and New Year with caution.

    He stated, “The people of Ekiti should celebrate with caution and I would advise that all of us look at security as everybody’s business. Nobody can secure you more than yourself. No matter the level of security arrangement, individuals must do their own part.”

     

  • Ekiti State translates “Amotekun” law, others into Yoruba language

    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.

    The Ekiti State (Transition) Law, 2019 to establish arrangements for the political transfer of administration from one democratically-elected governor to another, was also translated into Yoruba language.

    Another is the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law, 2019, which repeals that of 2011 and incorporates the provisions of the Law to Prohibit Female Circumcision or Genital Mutilation in Ekiti State.

    The Law to protect the Rights of Widows, and Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Act was also translated to Yoruba language.

    The Ekiti State Sustainable Development Goals Law, 2019 to mainstream Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the workings of government and to raise awareness on SDGs was also translated.

    Equally translated is the Ekiti State Property Protection (Anti-Land Grabbing) Law, 2019 prohibiting forceful entry, illegal occupation of landed properties, violent and fraudulent conducts in relation to landed properties and other related matters.

    Mr Olalekan Suleiman, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice on Public Education and Media Communication, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Ado Ekiti.

    It stated that copies of the laws could be obtained from the Office of the Director, Law Review at the Ministry of Justice.

  • Herdsmen attack Amotekun, destroy farms in Ondo

    Herdsmen attack Amotekun, destroy farms in Ondo

    The state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who disclosed this to journalists in Akure, the state capital, however, said one of the herdsmen was arrested with dangerous weapons while the operatives seized 16 cows.

    He stated, “Some farmers from Osi Community ran to the office complaining that herds had destroyed their farms. We sent our men there to assess the situation. They found out that the herds were actually on the farm and we invited the herdsmen. But unfortunately, on getting there, they attacked our men with knives and other dangerous weapons. But we were able to arrest one of them, named Abdulkadir Mohammed.”

    Adeleye also disclosed that his men arrested two suspected cattle rustlers while a NISSAN Serena marked LAGOS FJ 423 KRD, brought by the suspected rustlers to steal cows belonging to one Alhaji Ilyasu, was impounded.

    He said, “One Alhaji Ilyasu, a Fulani man, came to us that some people went with a Serena Bus to steal their cattle. They came to us, and we sent our men out. We were able to recover the vehicle they wanted to use in stealing the cows; we also recovered the cows.

    “We were able to trace some of the rustlers that ran away to somewhere in Ogun State. We have apprehended one Sudauna Gombe and one Ogunyale Sola, who was the driver of the abandoned Serena. We have handed them over to the Agro Department of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for detailed investigation.

    “We recovered two cows, which we have returned to the Fulani man that owns them, and we brought the vehicle to our office here because the rustlers ran away and abandoned the vehicle. But we were able to arrest those involved and they had confessed that they had been in the trade for some time.”

    The Amotekun boss also disclosed that over 100 suspects had been arrested by men of the security agency in the state since it started its operations.

  • Suspected killers of Ondo monarch, Oba Adeusi arrested – Amotekun

    Suspected killers of Ondo monarch, Oba Adeusi arrested – Amotekun

    Suspected killers of Ondo monarch, Oba Israel Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon, have been arrested.

    Oba Adeusi was brutally murdered a week ago by suspected gunmen while returning from a meeting in Akure.

    His car slowed down at a bad spot and his assailants shot him dead immediately and escaped.

    It was gathered that some of the suspected killers were nabbed by combined team of security operatives who stormed Elegbaka forest after the killing of the monarch.

    According to reports the identity of the suspects was yet to be made public because of the ongoing investigation into the killing.

    Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Commander of the Ondo Security Network, Amotekun Corps, at a news conference in Akure on Wednesday confirmed the arrest, saying that four kidnapped victims were also rescued during the search for killers of Oba Adeusi.

    According to him, the arrested suspects were undergoing interrogations.

    He debunked insinuations that his men were not in the bush, saying that surveillance had been mounted at the farm of Chief Olu Falae to prevent further attack on the farm by suspected herdsmen.

    He also said the herdsmen have fled the area, adding that the “Operation Clean Up” launched on Tuesday led to the arrest of over 20 suspects from various black spots in Akure and environs.

  • BREAKING: Amotekun, hunters rescue abducted wife of Akeredolu’s Chief of Staff

    BREAKING: Amotekun, hunters rescue abducted wife of Akeredolu’s Chief of Staff

    Barely two days after her abduction, the wife of the Chief of Staff to the Ondo State governor, Olugbenga Ale, has regained her freedom.

    Recall TheNEwsGuru (TNG) had earlier reported that Mrs Ale, alongside one other person, were kidnapped on Thursday evening along the Ondo-Akure Expressway while travelling from Lagos to Akure.

    It was, however, gathered that the victims were rescued on Saturday morning by men of the Ondo State Security Network also known as Amotekun Corps in collaboration with local hunters and vigilante in the area.

    The Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, who confirmed the release of Mrs Ale to newsmenH, said it was too early to disclose details of the rescue operation.

    He said, “We thank God for the achievement, it was not easy. But we are are able to arrest some persons in connection with the matter.”

  • Makinde orders recruitment of 1,500 officers to kick-start Amotekun

    Makinde orders recruitment of 1,500 officers to kick-start Amotekun

    Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said that he had ordered immediate recruitment of 1,500 officers to kick-start the South-West Security Network, code-named Amotekun Corps, in the state.

    Makinde disclosed this during a meeting with representatives of #EndSARS Movement, artisans, motorcyclists, Micra operatives, and youths at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.

    The governor stated that the personnel of the security outfit would start their training November 1, 2020, with the officers passing out on November 15, 2020. He gave general amnesty to Micra operatives and Okada riders fined by the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Agency (OYTMA) for flouting the state traffic laws, and asked them to sin no more.

    Besides, Makinde has expressed sadness over the abduction of the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, Jacob Olayiwola Adeleke, saying the government will do everything within its power to get him freed.

    IN another development, the Alado of Ado-Awaye in Iseyin Local Council of Oyo State, Oba Ademola Olugbile, has lamented that 50 per cent of Oyo State Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) is being lost to untapped tourism development.

    The monarch, while speaking during a press briefing, said that the role of tourism development in the nation could not be over-emphasised.
    He noted that his vision was to create a veritable platform aimed at placing Iyake Festival as a convergence where sporting activities, tourism, entertainment, arts and business potentials would be explored maximally.

    MEANWHILE, the Agro Ranger Team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has dislodged herders at Aroro Kole along Igbo Oloyin in Akinyele Local Council of Oyo State after a distress call from the community.

    The state’s Commandant of the agency, Iskilu Akinsanya, who disclosed the arrest, yesterday, said one of the herders, Babangida Musa (21), was arrested after a serious search for the herders at the location where over 400 cows were seen grazing around the community. He, however, assured the people of Aroro Kole of their safety, warning hoodlums to steer clear of the state.

  • Amotekun arrest three suspected kidnappers in Ondo

    Amotekun arrest three suspected kidnappers in Ondo

    Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, have arrested three members of a kidnap syndicate, operating along Owo /Ose area of the state.

    The three men were arrested after abducting a popular business man, Mr Kunle Agbayewa in a popular saw-mill in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of the state, on Wednesday.

    The hoodlums who invaded the sawmill and abducted Agbeyewa in his office, some 24 hours after the Chief Medical Director of the General Hospital, Idoani, Olufemi Adeogun, and two other health workers were abducted along same highway.

    It was gathered that the alarm raised by the residents of the area attracted men of the Amotekun who raced to the scene of the incident and arrested three of the hoodlums while the victim was rescued unhurt.

    An eyewitness, Comfort Ilesanmi, disclosed that the kidnappers were Fulani herdsmen and said, “the herdsmen entered the sawmill and kidnapped him immediately but people around quickly raised the alarm and the Amotekun personnel were invited to the scene”

    Confirming the arrest of the kidnappers, the Commander of Amotekun Corps in the State, Adetunji Adeleye, said the victim was rescued by his personnel after he was abducted by the suspects.

    He said the three kidnappers were apprehended and handed over to the men of the state police command for further investigation and prosecution.

    Adeleye said that “Our men (Amotekun Corps) led the police and soldiers to rescue the victim this morning shortly after we heard the news of his kidnap.

    “After foiling their kidnap plot, we arrested the three men before handing them over to the police. They have begun giving confessional statements.”

    The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr. Tee Leo lkoro confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

    Ikoro said six suspected kidnappers were eventually arrested in the forest and that police detectives are still combing forest combing to rescue the medical doctor and two other health workers abducted on Monday.

    Ondo Amotekun arrest three suspected kidnappers

  • Insecurity: FG’s move to push Amotekun under IG’s supervision is arrant nonsense – Adebanjo

    Insecurity: FG’s move to push Amotekun under IG’s supervision is arrant nonsense – Adebanjo

    Elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo on Tuesday attacked the presidency for saying that the Inspector General of Police would determine the structure of Southwest regional security outfit, Amotekun.

    Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu had said during a programme on Channels TV that the IGP would determine the structure of Amotekun.

    Shehu was speaking on the approval of N13bn by the Federal Government for community policing across the 36 states of the federation.

    He said, “Whatever name they go by, Amotekun or whatever, will be streamlined and they will be run in accordance with the structure as defined by the Inspector-General of Police. They will be localised, they will be owned by local communities, they will be managed by them.”

    The President’s spokesman further stated that the community policing structure would be the same across the 36 states and whatever does not conform with the national structure would not be “in the scheme of things”.

    But Adebanjo, in an interview rejected the presidency’s assertion, saying that they are ‘arrant nonsense.’

    According to him, “What Shehu said is arrant nonsense! Is he the Attorney General (of the federation)? He is just talking trash. Please quote me.

    “They are controlling the police from the centre, it is not working, now they want to control Amotekun again from the same position? Do you have an IG of police in America? Even in Britain, it is not centralized. What you have is metropolitan police.”

    Adebanjo wondered: “How can you send someone from Jigawa State to control the police in Ibadan? What does he know? You say the Governors are the chief security officers of their states, yet they control nothing, what kind of arrangement is that?”

    He said Shehu might not understand as the issue was beyond him.

    He added: “I don’t want to engage him because he may not understand. The issue is beyond him. Amotekun is the case of localizing security, yet they want to control it from the Centre like the police, how?”

  • Over 10, 0000 apply for Amotekun job in Ondo

    Over 10, 0000 apply for Amotekun job in Ondo

    Over 10,000 applicants are jostling for recruitment into the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed “Amotekun Corps”.

    The State Commander, Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who made the disclosure in Akure while engaging newsmen, said that the screening of the personnel is currently ongoing after which training of successful applicants will follow.

    He promised to build an elite Corps that will be an envy of all and serve as a pacesetter.

    Meanwhile, the corps have arrested 42 cows for destroying farmlands around Alagbaka extension in Akure metropolis.

    According to Adeleye, the cows were arrested after a series of complaints by owners of the farmlands in the axis.

    He said that ” over eight separate farmlands with crops such as maize and cassava were completely destroyed by Fulani herdsmen who usually graze their cows around the affected area. “The herders who were heavily armed chased away the farm owners who later contacted the Amotekun Corps.”

    Adeleye said that “on seeing the owners of the affected farmlands, the heavily armed herders attempted to kill them but the farmers ran for their dear lives.

    The Corps commander, Chief Adeleye and the arrested cows “When the joint security network including Agro-Rangers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) got to the scene, the herders again attempted to attack them but they were overpowered by the security operatives, leading to the arrest of the cows while the herders took to their heels.”

    The corps commander warned the Fulani herdsmen in the state to desist from destroying another man’s property but rather rear their cows in confined areas to avoid wanton destruction of farmlands in any part of the state. He equally advised farmers not to result to self-help anytime they see cows destroying their crops but alert the Corps for necessary actions.

    While decrying the level of destruction to the farmlands across the state by the herdsmen, Adeleye said the owners of the cows would be made to pay for the crops destroyed and subsequently face prosecution.

    Farmers who narrated their ordeals said the herders have consistently grazed their cows on their farmlands, and that all complaints made to security agencies in the past have not yielded positive results.

    They appealed to Amotekun Corps Commander to save them from the incessant attacks and harassment from Fulani herdsmen, saying the herders have destroyed their means of livelihood

  • Amotekun will fail in South-West states except, Lagos, Alao Akala predicts

    Former governor of Oyo, Adedayo Alao-Alaka says Amotekun, a joint security outfit, will fail in south-west except in Lagos.

    South-west governors had launched Amotekun on January 9, as a regional security initiative, but the initiative later became a state effort after meetings with the federal government.

    Speaking on his memoirs titled: “Amazing Grace” which is scheduled for launch in June, as part of activities for his 70th birthday, the ex-governor said the security outfit will fail over leadership challenge.

    He faulted the decision of the governors to appoint retired military officers as director-generals of the corps.

    Alao-Akala, a former assistant commissioner of police, said police officers would have been a better option to occupy the position.

    He said while a soldier is trained to lead wars, a police officer has better knowledge of internal security, which Amotekun is more concerned about.

    “The Amotekun Corp will fail in the South-West states except for Lagos. The outfit is supposed to take care of the security of the people and their property across the zone but it will fail in every state except Lagos because the right people were not appointed to head it,” he said.

    “You cannot expect a soldier to head Amotekun successfully. A police officer is trained specially on internal security management. If fundamentally the foundation is weak whatever you want to put on it would be weak. When you have a soldier there, he is taught how to kill. The governors don’t get it right by appointing ex-military men to head the outfits in the other states.

    “If a retired senior police officer was appointed as the head of the Amotekun outfit in a state, the Commissioner of Police in the state would respect him as his former superior. A retired Army officer would want to be forceful in his approach. Remember that only the police can prosecute criminals, Amotekun cannot, so they need the cooperation of the police.

    “The Amotekun personnel are not armed; they will be successful if they collaborate with the police by calling for support while trying to burst crimes in their respective states and localities.”

    Like south-west, some other regions have established joint security outfits to tackle internal security challenges in the zones.