Security

We remain intact, stable, focused, Osun Amotekun Assures Residents

By Web News 267

By Mojisola Oladele

The Corps Commander of the Osun Amotekun Corps, Dr Isaac Omoyele, says the security outfit is fully operational and firmly grounded in the law through which it was established.

Dr. Omoyele in Statement through the Public Relations Officer, Osun Amotekun Corps, Mr. Yusuf Abass, expressed the readiness of the security outfit to confront insecurity across the state.

The State Amotekun Boss who noted that the internal challenges which affected the corps in the past year have been resolved, emphasized that the organization remained, intact, stable, and focused on its mandate.

Dr. Omoyele states “Osun Amotekun is backed by the law that established it, and we are fully ready to confront insecurity. The misunderstandings we experienced have been resolved. There is no hindrance to our operations.”

Dr. Omoyele further noted that recent security challenges in neighboring states, particularly attacks by bandits, served as a wake-up call for the corps.

He reaffirmed the commitment of the Amotekun Corps to safeguarding lives and property, assuring residents of its continued dedication to maintaining law and order across the state.

He urged residents of the state to remain vigilant and proactive in supporting security efforts.

“We urge citizens to stay security conscious and to look out for one another. Community cooperation is vital in maintaining peace and safety,” Osun Amotekun Boss adds.

Edited by Titilayo Kupoliyi

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Crime

Lagelu/Ayedire Land Dispute: Hoodlums Ambush, Kill Amotekun Personnel

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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, explained that some hoodlums, armed with guns, machetes and other weapons, attacked farmers on their farmlands on Wednesday.

Mr. Abass noted that the boundary conflict resurfaced when some local farmers operating in the Papa Farm area made a distress call to the corps’ command, alerting them of an invasion by some armed hoodlums.

He explained that the command swiftly mobilised a team of operatives, including some vigilantes and arrived at the farm. 

Mr. Abass said in the course of this, the hoodlums attacked and macheted to death one Amotekun personnel identified as Lamidi Abiodun on the spot and injured another.

He reassured that the Osun Amotekun Corps remained resolute in its mission to protect the people and communities in the state from all forms of insecurity. 

It would be recalled that in the last few weeks, two lives had been lost, hundreds of residents in the affected areas had been forced to flee their homes for fear of more attacks, and many houses had also been burned.

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