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Amotekun Detains 17-yr-old boy For Attempted Burglary

Mayowa Oladeji Jul 29, 2023 0

Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi (Rtd.), State Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, on Saturday, said the corps arrested a 17-year-old boy in Osogbo for allegedly attempting to burgle a shop and hijack a motorcycle. Adewinmbi, in a statement,…

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Akeredolu: Amotekun Models As Security Architecture For Other States

Toluwalope Jombo Dec 19, 2022 0

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over the weekend, said that the security architecture of other states in the country has been modelled after the state Security outfit, codenamed Amotekun. Akeredolu said this during the…

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Akeredolu Pledges To Ensure Amotekun Bear Arms In Fight Against Insecurity

Toluwalope Jombo Sep 28, 2022 0

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has insisted that he would ensure that the state security network agency also known as Amotekun, was equipped with sophisticated weapons to operate. The Chief Press Secretary to…

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Akeredolu Reiterates Amotekun’s Right To Bear Arms In Fight Against Insecurity

Mayowa Oladeji Sep 8, 2022 0

Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has pleaded with the federal government to permit Amotekun and other state security agencies to carry advanced weapons for the protection of the public. Akeredolu indicated that his…

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Amotekun Arrests 45 Suspected Criminals In Ondo

Mayowa Oladeji Aug 3, 2022 0

The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. The suspects included a kidnap sydicate, motorcycle snatching gang, cattle rustlers and a rapist.…

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Governor Akeredolu Donates 50 Fitted Patrol Vehicles To Security Agencies (Photos)

Toluwalope Jombo Jul 15, 2022 0

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Friday donated 50 fitted Patrol Vehicles to all the Security Agencies as part of the commitment of his administration to further strengthen the security of lives and property…

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Court Bars Amotekun From Security Duties In Osun Elections

Mayowa Oladeji Jul 15, 2022 0

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, July 15, barred the Osun Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps from participating in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. The court order also restrained the…

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Owo Massacre: MURIC Demands Identity Of Culprits

Toluwalope Jombo Jun 29, 2022 0

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), demanded that the Commander of the Amotekun security outfit in Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, to urgently disclose the identities of those who massacred worshipers in Owo church. This was after the…

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Amotekun Nabs Suspects Allegedly Involved In Ondo Church Massacre

Mayowa Oladeji Jun 23, 2022 0

Some of the suspects in the June 5 terror attack at Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo have been arrested, according to Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, the commander of the Ondo State Security Network, often known as Amotekun. Adeleye…

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Amotekun Rescues Three Remaining Travellers Abducted In Ondo

Edna Wande Sep 11, 2021 0

Operatives of Ondo State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun, have rescued the remaining three people who were kidnapped last Wednesday in the state. Recall that MDB earlier reported that the victims were travelling to Lagos…

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Amotekun Rescues Nine Of 12 Lagos-bound Passengers Abducted In Ondo

Sylvia LANO Sep 9, 2021 0

Men of Ondo State Command of South-West Security Network, code-named, “Amotekun” have rescued nine of the 12 abducted Lagos-bound travellers by suspected gunmen in the state. The state Commander of Amotekun, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, told…

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Amotekun Denies Involvement As Youths Protest ‘Killing’ Of Teenager In Oyo

Msyosi Aug 18, 2021 0

Youths, earlier on Wednesday, took to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo capital, to protest the alleged killing of Peter Okafor, a 14-year-old boy. The incident is said to have taken place at the Uncle Joe area of Mokola, Ibadan, the state…

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Bill To Create State Police Scales Second Reading

Edna Wande Jul 6, 2021 0

House of Representatives has on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to create state police and other community security agencies such as Amotekun in the Southwest and others. This bill seeks to excise Item 45 (Police and…

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Naira Marley Condemns Arrest Of Young School Children By Amotekun For Modeling Themselves After Him…

Edna Wande Jan 23, 2021 0

Singer Naira Marley has condemned the arrest of some young school children by officers of Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun, for modeling themselves after him. According to the viral video, the students were arrested by…

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Two Cemetery Guards Arrested For Allegedly Being In Possession Of Human Heads In Ondo

Florence Cornelius Jan 18, 2021 0

Two cemetery security guards in Surulere area of Ondo State have been arrested on Sunday for allegedly being in possession of human heads in the state. The guards work with a cemetery owned by a religious body in the town. One of the…

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