Tag: Amotekun Corps
4 arrested over attempt to slaughter teenager for ritual in Ekiti
By Yinusa Ishola The South-West Nigeria Security Network also known as Amotekun Corps in Ekiti has arrested two suspects for…
Amotekun recovers four Ak-47 rifles, ammunition hidden in Oyo forest
He said the items were recovered while operatives of the corps were combing forests following rising cases of kidnap on…
AK-47 for Amotekun: Presidency replies Akeredolu
While inaugurating new corps of Amotekun in Akure, Ondo State Capital on Monday, Akeredolu had insisted that he will procure…
Amotekun must be given weapons to carry out its duties – Akeredolu
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has said the Amotekun Corps must be allowed to bear the tools and the most sophisticated weapons available…
Amotekun nabs Ibrahim Ismaila for sleeping with goat
Jimoh Opeyemi, an iron bender was going to a construction site when he sighted the suspect sleeping with a she-goat.
I will strengthen Amotekun – Tambuwal promises Osun, Ogun delegates
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has revealed that as part of his restructuring…
Akeredolu approves recruitment of 350 into Amotekun corps
Akeredolu said that more operational vehicles and motorcycles would be purchased to aid the corps’ operation in the state.
Amotekun: Gov. Mohammed commends Southwest governors
“We need local police in tackling insecurity in the country and to equally reduce the power at the centre,” the…
Amotekun impounds over 50 vehicles in Ondo
Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, commander of the corps on Ondo State said the stop-and-search exercise was to foil a plot by…
Makinde to FG: Amotekun needs sophisticated weapons, not Sakabula
Makinde said it is ridiculous for security operatives to face criminals who carry superior weapons with dane guns.
Amotekun begins stop-and-search operation in Ondo
The massive searching and checking of vehicles is due to intelligent reports.
Suspected kidnapper Labram Ibrahim nabbed while disguised as lunatic in Ondo
The suspect confessed that he was not a lunatic, but working for one man called Rabiu Adamu in Akure, in…
Ondo Amotekun intercepts vehicle conveying 18 suspects
The Commander, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, paraded the suspects who were all young men at the headquarters of the corps in…
Oyetola inaugurates 350 Amotekun officers
The inauguration followed the completion of a 23-day intensive training by the personnel for professional savvy and the task ahead.
Deadly Fulani bandits Saliu, Suleiman busted with AK-47 rifle in Oyo
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network code-named Amotekun has apprehended two suspected armed bandits. Amotekun media…