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Amotekun Intercepts bus Loaded with 500 Daggers, Guns, Knives, Arrest 18 Suspects
Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have intercepted a bus loaded with 500 pieces of daggers concealed under the seats. Also intercepted were different seizes of knives and guns concealed inside Tigger nut bags. 18 suspects were arrested with the vehicle while two buses escaped Parading the suspects before journalists, the state Commander of […]
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Amotekun Denies Involvement In Killing of 15 Year old in Ibadan
The Oyo state command of the Western Security network Amotekun has denied any involvement in the killing of a 15year old boy that was shot in Ibadan. Speaking with newsmen, the commandant of the Oyo state Amotekun corps, Olayinka Olayanju noted that the allegation was an attempt to discredit the efforts of the security outfit […]
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Gani Adams Appointed As Amotekun Ambassador By Seyi Makinde
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has nominated the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, as the state’s ambassador for the Western Nigeria Security Network better known as Amotekun. The governor also presented a brand new jack Pick-up Van to Adams as a pilot vehicle with three members of the security outfit as part of Adams’ […]
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Three Shot Dead In Ondo Cult Crisis
Three persons have been shot dead by gunmen in a reprisal attack by rival cult groups in Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The cultists were reported to have stormed the residence of one Seun Akinsiku in the town around 6:00 p.m on Friday and killed him. According […]
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Amotekun Arrests Four-Man Kidnap Syndicate In Ondo
Officials of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun have arrested a four-man kidnap syndicate in Akure, the state capital. The commander of Amotekun in the state, Adetunji Adeleye, while parading the suspects said they were apprehended after kidnapping three persons along Oda road in Akure during a night operation while it was raining. […]
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Amotekun Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Rescues Three In Ondo
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun, have arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued three travellers along the Ifira-Akoko/Idoani Road in Ose Local Government Area of the state. The victims – Adewale Adebisi, Ahan Mary and Ladi Bude – were said to have been kidnapped by some armed men while […]
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Amotekun Arrest 100 Cows In Ondo
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps have arrested one hundred cows for flouting the open grazing law of the State. The cows were caught grazing along the busy Akure/Ilesa highway. The herdsmen were said to have taken to their heels upon sighting the operatives of the Amotekun Corps, […]
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Governor Akeredolu Restates Case for State Police
Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Wednesday renewed the clamour for the decentralisation of the nation’s policing system to empower sub-nationals to secure their spaces. Akeredolu, at his inauguration in Akure for a second term of office said every state must be allowed to secure its space. He added that the next four years in […]
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Ibarapaland Now free Of Killers And Kidnappers, Says Oyo Amotekun Commandant
The entire Ibarapaland is safe and free of killers and kidnappers, the Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, has declared. Olayanju, who disclosed this in a statement in Ibadan on Monday, said he would personally lead anyone interested in taking a tour of parts of Ibarapaland earlier […]