Amotekun Corps

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Amotekun Gives Reasons For Their Inter Border Patrols

November 5, 2022 9:15 pm

Amotekun Corps, the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) has given the reasons why the outfit would be embarking on a joint border patrol to also check some of the crime activities on highways ahead of the festive periods as well.

Leading the border patrol team, the Corps Commander of Ondo State, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, who is also the chairman of all the corps commanders in the region had made this revealation on Saturday in Owena, border town of Osun and Ondo State.

Adeleye had also revealed that the corps would not leave anything for chance, particularly, when it had become …

Amotekun Nabs Man Impersonating DSS In Ekiti

May 16, 2022 5:01 am

Operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have arrested a man, identified simply as Fatoba, along Efon–Ado Road for illegal possession of a gun and impersonating the country’s secret police.

Amotekun Corps Commandant, Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (retd.), made this disclosure in Ado Ekiti yesterday saying that a gun was discovered in the suspect’s car upon search by operatives of the corps, following which he identified himself as an officer of the Department of State Services.

The Amotekun commander also disclosed that a suspected human trafficker, identified as Olabode, was arrested for alleged human trafficking to Mali.

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Ondo Amotekun Arrests Nine Herders, Sieze 100 Cows

March 23, 2021 9:26 pm

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network called Amotekun Corps on Tuesday arrested nine herders and seized 100 cows along the Akure-Ilesa highway.

According to the security outfit, the herders were arrested for flouting Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s directives that herdsmen should get registered.

They were also apprehended for violating grazing rules on the highway.

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Ondo Amotekun Corps Commander Mr. Adetunji Adeleye said the cows were seized at the boundary of Osun and Ondo states.

According to him: ‘Our men took the cows to the headquarters of our office, which …

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47,000 Candidates Jostle For 2,000 Amotekun Jobs In Oyo

September 10, 2020 1:50 pm

No fewer than forty-seven thousand (47,000) people applied for 2,000 Amotekun jobs in Oyo State.

Chairman, Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps, General Kunle Togun, made this declaration in Ibadan on Wednesday.

He spoke during the screening and verification exercise that commenced on Wednesday across the state.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the security outfit was formed in order to complement the efforts of the police and other security agencies.

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Governor from the six south-western states had agreed to form the Western Nigeria Security …

Amotekun Corps Apprehends 3 Suspected Kidnappers In Ondo

September 3, 2020 1:16 pm

The Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps has arrested three suspected kidnappers operating in the state.

It was gathered that the three members of the kidnap syndicate were nabbed by Amotekun operatives following the abduction of a businessman, Mr Kunle Agbayewa at a popular sawmill in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of the state.

Following the arrest of the suspects by men of the indigenous security outfit, they were subsequently handed over to the state police command.

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Agbayewa abduction was coming after the Medical Director of the General Hospital, Idoani, …

Illegal Mining: Amotekun Arrests More Chinese Nationals

July 11, 2020 3:44 am

The Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named: ‘Amotekun Corps’ has arrested three Chinese nationals, suspected to be illegal miners in Osun.

The Corps, during a sting operation led by its Director-General, Amitolu Shittu, stormed Ido-oko, an agrarian community in Ilesa axis and also apprehended 20 locals.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the sting operation was a follow-up on an intelligence report, which indicated that illegal mining activities were being carried out within the community.

Those Nigerians rounded up at the site include 16 northerners and four southerners, as a serving senator in the state, Francis Fadahaunsi was allegedly fingered …

Amotekun Arrests 42 Cows Over Alleged Destruction Of Farmlands In Ondo

June 24, 2020 2:56 pm

News Investigators/ The Ondo State Command of the regional Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 42 cows over alleged destruction of farmlands around Alagbaka Extension in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

State Commander, Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, made this known while conducting journalists round the affected farmlands.

Mr. Adeleye explained that the cows were arrested after series of complaints by owners of the farmlands in the area.

According to him, more than eight separate farmlands with crops such as maize and cassava were completely destroyed by herdsmen who usually grazed their cows around the affected area