THE Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, says its operatives have arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers in Ondo State. Adetunji Adeleye, the Commander of Amotekun in Ondo, made this known on Sunday while parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Akure. Adeleye, who is also the …
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THE Osun State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps has revealed that its operatives arrested three suspected members of a gang that specialises in exhuming corpses and removing their parts for rituals. In a statement on Tuesday, the Osun State Amotekun spokesperson, Adeniyi Adeshola Brown, said the three suspects were; Kamilu …
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FOUR persons have been arrested in Osun State by the operatives of the Amotekun Corps for allegedly breaking into the Ola-Oluwa Local Government Secretariat, vandalising and stealing property government’s property. Confirming the arrest in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the Osun Amotekun Commander, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, said the …
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Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, have arrested nine suspected kidnappers in various locations across the Akoko area of the state. The State Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this in Akure, the state capital while parading the nine suspected kidnappers and 22 other suspects …
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No fewer than 7,000 criminals across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State have been arrested by the Western Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun within the last three and half years of its creation. The corps has also reduced farmers/herders clashes by over 95 percent in the last two …
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Osun State Amotekun Corps, said it arrested a suspected cultist in Osogbo and another suspected burglar in Ila-Orangun, Ila Local Government Area of Osun. Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, the State Commander of the corps, made this known in a statement on Friday, adding that the two suspects were arrested on Thursday. …
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police Sikiru Kayode Akande as the chairman of the Board of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun. The governor made this disclosure on Monday. Makinde also announced that he has reappointed all other members …
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Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corp have rescued a 23-year-old student, Odey Regina Olayemi, and arrested the perpetrators. Olayemi was rescued seven days after she was abducted. Her abductors had collected N350,000 from her relatives before she was rescued. Narrating her experience to journalists at the …
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The Commander of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun State, David Akinremi is dead. Akinremi, a retired Commissioner of Police, was said to have died on Monday evening. It was gathered that Akinremi had been nursing an undisclosed ailment for quite some time until he breathed his last on Monday. …
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OPERATIVES of Osun Amotekun Corps have arrested four men for different offences ranging from burglary, theft and cult-related activities. The alleged suspects were arrested on Thursday at different locations in the state. Their arrest was made known by the Osun Amotekun Commander, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi in Osogbo on Saturday. …
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