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Oyo State chapter of Western Nigeria Security Network, better known as Amotekun, has on Thursday, said that it has dismissed an officer for allegedly killing a 23-year-old man, Tosin Thomas, in Ibadan. According to reports, Thomas was…

Men of Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun and some Fulani herdsmen have reportedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. The clash was said to have started…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has warned that South-West Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, must not morph into another Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Nigeria Police Force unit. SARS was disbanded in October 2020…

Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said his administration is probing the alleged high-handedness of some members of Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. In a statement issued on his official Twitter…

A photographer has narrated his horrible experience in the hands of South West Security Network Agency, with the codename – Amotekun Corps, for wrongly detaining him and shooting at someone in his presence in Ibadan, Oyo state. Sharing…

Ondo State chapter of Security Agency Network, better known as Amotekun, has on Wednesday said it has arrested some persons over their alleged connection with the killing of the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi. Oba Adeusi was shot…

Oyo State Government has arrested a man, Adeyemi Agboola, in Oyo town for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting applicants seeking recruitment into the state security network, codenamed Amotekun. The middle-aged man, who operates a cyber…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has asserted that Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun,’ in the state will not be under any federal establishment. Operation Amotekun was launched on January 9 this year in…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has on March 10 signed the bill establishing the State Security Network Agency, code-named Operation Amotekun into law. The governor signed the bill in style as he was…

State chapters of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, an umbrella body for herdsmen in the country, have expressed their readiness to attend the public hearing on the Amotekun bill slated for February 24 across all…

The Coalition of Northern Group (CNG) has announced the establishment of a regional security outfit known as “Shege-Ka-Fasa”. This comes one month after Amotekun, a similar outfit was established by governors of south-west states. At a…

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has urged the Federal Government to shelf the idea of outlawing the newly launched South-West paramilitary security outfit, Amotekun. Fani-Kayode who stated this to newsmen at his Abuja…