The Osun Amotekun Corps on Friday says it arrested a 25 year-old man, who works as a private security guard, for allegedly stealing nine air conditioners in Osogbo. In a statement by Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun Amotekun Commander, the suspect,…
Ogun Amotekun Commander Akinremi dies
Dave Akinremi, the Commander of Ogun State-owned security outfit, Amotekun Corps, has been reported dead. He was a retired Commissioner of Police before he was appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun in 2021 to man the security outfit. The former Amotekun…
Allow Amotekun bear arms like those awarded pipeline contracts, Akeredolu tells FG
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has again explained the need for officers of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps to bear arms than non-state actors, saying the security of lives transcends the protection of pipelines. “Most of…
Amotekun intercepts 140 travellers in Ibadan, escorts them to Ogun border
About 140 travellers from Zamfara en route Ogere, Ogun State loaded in a truck were intercepted at Bodija area of Ibadan by men of the Oyo State Amotekun corps, on Tuesday. Some residents around the Bodija market area had notified…
*Amotekun hunts ritualists as Osun sex worker vomits blood after proposed threesome (Punch)*COVID-19: Buhari is fine, says Femi Adesina (DailyTrust)
Amotekun hunts ritualists as Osun sex worker vomits blood after proposed threesome (Punch) A sex worker living in Ofatedo, Osun State has reportedly developed strange illness by vomiting blood, after an encounter with some suspected ritualists in a hotel around…
Insecurity: Amotekun filling security gap —Akeredolu
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday declared that the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, is effectively filling the vacuum created by the “overstretched conventional security agencies, particularly the police in the state.” This is…
2 herders arrested, 200 cows seized for crops damage in Ondo
Two herdsmen have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network known as Amotekun Corps for using their cows to destroy crops at Irese, Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. Also, 200 cows that destroyed the crops were arrested…
Amotekun man held for allegedly shooting policeman in Oyo
A member of the Oyo State Security Network (aka Amotekun Corps), identified as Ibrahim Ogundele, has been arrested for shooting a policeman in the thigh in Oyo town. The incident happened at Sanga area of the ancient town at the…
