Security

Insecurity: Ogun Lawmakers Call for Deployment of Amotekun Corps

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Omolara Adasofunjo Ogun State Government has been advised to approve the deployment of local security, especially the Amotekun Corps across the state to complement the efforts of conventional security agencies in protecting lives and property of the people, in view of the rising spate of Continue Reading

Crime

Man in Amotekun’s Net Over Missing Neighbour

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The Osun State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, said it has arrested a resident of the state, Banji Olaniyi, following the disappearance of one Damilare Akinranti, whom he took to a farm. The two men were said to be living in Mooro until November 6, 2022, when, Olaniyi, 31, took Akinranti, aged […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Dismisses Four Officers

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The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, has said the corps had zero tolerance for indiscipline among its officers and men. This is just as he said the corps had dismissed four of its officers who violated its rules and regulations. Adeleye, who is also the […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Begins Manhunt for Abductors of Housewife

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The Osun State Command of the Amotekun Corps says it had commenced a search for a housewife simply identified as Gbemisola abducted by some yet-to-be-identified persons in Osogbo. A statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, Idowu Yusuf, said the victim was kidnapped in her residence at Technical College Area, Osogbo late on Friday. According to him, […]Continue Reading

Economy

Ogun Govt. to Introduce Special Grant for Traders

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Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun says his administration would soon introduce a special grant towards ensuring that market men and women in the state have access to capital to trade. Governor Abiodun who made this known when he paid a visit to the Oke-Aje market in Ijebu Ode, said the step was necessary to […]Continue Reading

Security

Makinde to Recruit More Amotekun Personnel

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Oyo state Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has warned criminally minded individuals to steer clear of the state as his government would not relent in strengthening security architecture in the state to ensure safety of lives and properties He gave the warning at the official handover ceremony of 100 security patrol vehicles to the state security […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Arrests Kidnap Mastermind in Akure

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Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested a member of a kidnap syndicate in Akure for kidnapping four female church members during a vigil service. The suspect who disguised as a woman was arrested one hour after he invaded the church at Edo Lodge Area of Oke-Ijebu Akure with members of his […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Arrests 23-Year-Old Rapist, 22-Year-Old Armed Robber In Odo-Otin

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A 23-year-old Kehinde Babalola has been arrested by the Osun Amotekun Corps for armed robbery and raping of an undergraduate in Okuku, headquarters of Odo-Otin Local Government Area.  It was gathered that Kehinde was nabbed while he was robbing students in one of the hostels in the Okuku community.  A source told our correspondent that, […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Nabs Kidnapper, Fraudsters, Cultists, In Ondo

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Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed “Amotekun Corps” have apprehended a suspected kidnapper, Samuel Lucky Akpan, who allegedly abducted a four-year-old boy at the Alagbaka area of Akure. The Ondo State Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who paraded Akpan alongside 17 other suspected criminals who have been terrorizing residents of the Continue Reading

Security

Oyetola Inaugurates 360 Amotekun Corps Personnel

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The governor of Osun State, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated 360 newly-recruited officers into the State Security Network Agency, codenamed ”Amotekun Corps”.  This follows the completion of the 23-day training programme for the personnel at Ejigbo, in Ejigbo Local Government Area as part of efforts to prepare them for the task ahead.  Correspondent, Continue Reading

Security

Osun Govt. Commissions Newly Recruited Officers of Amotekun Corps

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The Governor of Osun State Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated 360 newly-recruited officers into the State Security Network Agency ”Amotekun Corps’.  This follows the completion of the 23-day training programme for the personnel as part of efforts to prepare them for the task ahead.  Speaking at the Passing-Out-Parade ceremony for the new Amotekun Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Corps Rescue 18-Year-Old Kidnap Victim In Ore

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An 18-year-old, Segun Thomas who lived in Mushin area of Lagos State has been rescued by men of the Amotekun Corps from the captivity of a 65-year-old suspected ritualist and kidnapper named Akorede Lawal in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo state. It was learnt that the boy who is undergoing training as an […]Continue Reading

Crime

Tension In Ibadan Over Alleged Killing Of Printer’s Apprentice

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Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko has deployed armed officers to the Oyo State Secretariat Ibadan to restore order following the alleged killing of a teenage boy by men of the Amotekun Corps. Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored the situation, reports that policemen were also placed at the scene of the alleged […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Corps Shoot Two “Party Goers” Dead In Ibadan

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Two young men have been allegedly killed by some officers of Amotekun in the early hours of yesterday, at Ajanla, in Oke-Ado area of Ibadan Southwest Local Government of Oyo State. The deceased, Mr Abdullahi Ishola and Mr Rashidi Mudashiru including one Alaba Isa who was fortunate to have sustained injuries in the process were […]Continue Reading

Transportation

Tanker Crash: Casualties Recorded in Ibadan

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A gas tanker loaded with 72,000 tons of gas lost control this morning killing some herbal traders with several others injured at Molete Bode in Ibadan. The tanker which rammed into the market was said to have hit a tricycle and lost control. Confirming the incident, the assistant state Commandant, Federal fire service, Mr Felix Oladipo […]Continue Reading

Crime

Amotekun Nabs Serial Kidnapper, Others, In Ondo

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Three suspects have been apprehended by officers of Ondo State Security outfit, Amotekun, for offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, and attempted murder. Parading them earlier in Akure, the Amotekun commander in Ondo State, Chief Adetunji Adeleye said 37-year-old Usman Garba a native of Niger State, was involved in a kidnapping act which was later […]Continue Reading

Environment

Oyo Govt. Deploys Amotekun Corps To Curb Trading At Challenge Walkway

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In the bid of curbing trading at the newly constructed walkway in Challenge, Ibadan, the Oyo State government has deployed Amotekun corps to the area.In an interview with the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Lateef Oyeleke explained that the corps were deployed to the area to prevent the attack on the sanitation officers who were […]Continue Reading

News

Man Brutalised By Amotekun Corps Seeks 5m Naira Compensation

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A cobbler, Mr Gbadebo Baaki has asked for a five million naira compensation for medical treatment following the injury he sustained from brutality by Amotekun Corps. He made the demand in a petition before the Justice Badejoko-led Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality. Mr Baaki said he was attacked with machete by […]Continue Reading

Crime

Monarch Escapes Kidnap Attempt in Ekiti

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Unknown gunmen have attacked the Elewu of Ewu Ekiti, Oba Adetutu Ajayi while travelling between his town (Ewu) and Ayetoro Ekiti. The spokesperson for Ekiti State Police Command, Mr Sunday Abutu confirmed this to newsmen in Ado Ekiti. Mr Abutu said the monarch who was shot around seven o clock in the night yesterday had been taken to […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Ondo NUJ Charge Akeredolu On Promises Made

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council has called on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to fulfill his promise of appointing at least one qualified journalist or Information Manager as Permanent Secretary as he kick-starts his second term in office. While congratulating Mr Akeredolu, and his new deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa on their inauguration to […]Continue Reading

Security

The Olu of Ilaro Advocates Livestock Branding

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The Olu of Ilaro and Paramount ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, has advocated inscription of Breeder’s name on cattle in the country in order to identify the owner in case of any destruction of farm by cattle. Oba Olugbenle who stated this while receiving Ogun State government delegation in his palace in Ilaro, said the step Continue Reading

Security

D.P.O Allegedly Shoots Amotekun Corps Personnel

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Two personnel of Amotekun have been allegedly detained and another one shot by the divisional police officer in Ile Igbon, Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to the information gathered, the Amotekun officers Olatunji Mayowa and Jenyo Isiaka had arrested an herdsman that was alleged to have set a farmland ablaze.  The report also Continue Reading

Security

Seven Transport Workers Kidnapped Along Ilesha/Akure Express

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Four Transport Union Workers have been kidnapped at Iwaraja junction along Ilesha/Akure expressway in Oriade Local Government Area, Osun State on Monday night. Radio Nigeria gathered that seven transport workers were travelling from Osun state to Akure and they were all kidnapped by suspected armed herdsmen. It was gathered that the kidnappers later freed three […]Continue Reading

Security

We have deployed more security personnel to kidnapping/banditry hotspots – Governor Makinde

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In a bid to restore lasting peace to troubled areas, Oyo State government has come up with a security strategy including deployment of additional Operatives of the Amotekun Corps to the affected zone. Governor Seyi Makinde on his official Facebook page stated that government has resolved to redeploy 200 members of the Oyo State Western […]Continue Reading

Crime

Oyo Police Arrests 47 Armed Men In Igangan

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Oyo State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of forty-seven armed men in Igangan area of the state. The suspects were arrested by men of the State Joint Anti-Crime Security Patrol team code-named “Operation Burst”. The suspected hoodlums who were caught with guns and other dangerous weapons were allegedly on a reprisal attack mission to […]Continue Reading