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Lagelu/Ayedire Land Dispute: Hoodlums Ambush, Kill Amotekun Personnel
By Mojisola Oladele Crisis resurfaced at the boundary communities between Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State, and Lagelu Local Government Area in Oyo State, following a deadly ambush on Amotekun Corps personnel by some armed hoodlums. The Public Relations Officer, PRO, Osun State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, Mr. Yusuf Abass, who confirmed the incident,…
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Amotekun Corps Inducts 1,150 New Operatives in Osun
By Funmi Ojo The Osun State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has officially inducted 1,150 newly recruited operatives at a passing-out parade held at the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camp in Ede. In his address, Governor Ademola Adeleke emphasized his administration’s commitment to strengthening the security network in the state. He…
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Amotekun Kills One, Arrests Two in Gun Duel
The Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps on Sunday engaged a gang of robbers in a gun duel near Southwestern University along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway, killing one suspect while arresting two others. One of the arrested gang members, Amechi Okoro, reportedly confessed that he had just been released from the…
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Amotekun established to compliment other security agencies – Osun Amotekun Boss
By Mojisola Oladele The Osun State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Dr Adekunle Omoyele has reiterated that the security of lives and property of residents remained its priority at all times. Dr Omoyele gave the assurance during “The News Point,” a programme organized by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ in Osogbo,…
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Insecurity: Ogun Lawmakers Call for Deployment of Amotekun Corps
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 insecurity, especially kidnapping and ritual killings. The Speaker, Ogun State…
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Man in Amotekun’s Net Over Missing Neighbour
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…
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Amotekun Dismisses Four Officers
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…
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Amotekun Begins Manhunt for Abductors of Housewife
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,…
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Ogun Govt. to Introduce Special Grant for Traders
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…
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Makinde to Recruit More Amotekun Personnel
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…
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Amotekun Arrests Kidnap Mastermind in Akure
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…
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Amotekun Arrests 23-Year-Old Rapist, 22-Year-Old Armed Robber In Odo-Otin
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,…
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Amotekun Nabs Kidnapper, Fraudsters, Cultists, In Ondo
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…
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Oyetola Inaugurates 360 Amotekun Corps Personnel
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, Adenitan Akinola…
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Osun Govt. Commissions Newly Recruited Officers of Amotekun Corps
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 Corps officers…
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Amotekun Corps Rescue 18-Year-Old Kidnap Victim In Ore
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…
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Tension In Ibadan Over Alleged Killing Of Printer’s Apprentice
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…
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Amotekun Corps Shoot Two “Party Goers” Dead In Ibadan
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…
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Tanker Crash: Casualties Recorded in Ibadan
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…
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Amotekun Nabs Serial Kidnapper, Others, In Ondo
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…
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Oyo Govt. Deploys Amotekun Corps To Curb Trading At Challenge Walkway
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…
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Man Brutalised By Amotekun Corps Seeks 5m Naira Compensation
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…
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Monarch Escapes Kidnap Attempt in Ekiti
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…
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Ondo NUJ Charge Akeredolu On Promises Made
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…
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The Olu of Ilaro Advocates Livestock Branding
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 because necessary towards finding…
