Abimbola Abatta Osun State Government has announced the date for the recruitment of interested candidates into the Western Nigeria Security Network also known as Amotekun. It was gathered that the application would commence on Monday, April 12th, 2021. A statement…
If you abuse your uniform, you will be dealt with — Wole Soyinka cautions operatives Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Thursday inaugurated the state security outfit, the Amotekun Corps. Speaking during the inauguration in Abeokuta the governor noted that…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo The Western Nigeria Security Network popularly known as Amotekun in Osun State is set to begin recruitment exercise next week. The Field Commander, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, disclosed this on Tuesday, adding that Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has constituted…
By Anu Oyeleye The Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Col. Olayinka Olayanju.(rtd) has stated that Ibarapa which was earlier hit by herders/farmers crisis is now safe and free of killer herdsmen and kidnappers. The Commandant,…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan In continuation of his activities aimed at complementing the efforts of the State Government in stemming the tide of kidnappings, killings, banditry, armed robbery, rape and destruction of farmlands by herders in Ibarapaland, the Speaker Oyo State…
Oyo State government is set to deploy 200 additional operatives of Amotekun Corps to Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas to curb kidnapping and banditry there. Gov. Seyi Makinde announced this in Ibadan on Wednesday at the end of a meeting held…
The Ogun State Government has said that the security of lives and property, particularly in remote areas, will now become a unified effort with the full operation of the South West Security Outfit, code-named ‘Amotekun’. The Chief of Staff to…
…Operation targets kidnappers, criminal elements in forests The Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), has said that there were no clashes between his men and Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa land and Oke Ogun…
The Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun has reacted to the shooting by its officer, Ibrahim Ogundele. Amotekun said Ogundele did not intentionally shoot a police constabulary, Fatai Yekini, on Saturday in Oyo town. Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.),…
An operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, better known as Amotekun, shot a police officer, Fatai Yekini, in the Sanga area of Oyo town. The Amotekun officer, identified as Ibrahim Ogundele, around 3 pm reportedly opened fire on…
