RISING INSECURITY IN S/WEST: How locals, others frustrate us Amotekun Commanders
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By Dayo Johnson, Shina Abubakar, Deola Badru, James Ogunnaike and Rotimi Ojomoyela
Commanders of Western Nigeria Security Network, WNS, also known as Amotekun Corps, have lamented that absence of cooperation from residents, failed roads and inadequate gadgets are frustrating their efforts at responding accordingly to the rising crime rate in the South-West.
They particularly singled out what was called the absence of support from residents of states where they operate as a major challenge that may determine how far Amotekun may go in achieving its mandate.
In separate interviews with Sunday Vanguard, they cited instances where locals had frustrated operations aimed at either apprehending criminals or visiting crime scenes.
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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called for a national mobilisation to combat the menace of insecurity bedeviling the country.
He also said Nigeria’s sovereignty had been taken away by Boko Haram terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements.
In a direct reference to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Nobel laureate said the President could not end the insecurity challenge in the country, sitting down in Aso Rock.
Soyinka stated this on Saturday while featuring on an
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According to him, Nigeria has reached the “stage of desperation” and the government should be willing to “pay people to come and help us” in defence against Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, and other criminal elements.
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The Western Nigeria Security Network code named Amotekun has revealed that members of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Mokola and Iyangaku police stations have refused to detain two armed robbery suspects apprehended by Amotekun corps operatives on Saturday.
The Ibadan North Coordinator of the Corps, Prince Oyinwola Simeon said that the Mokola and Iyangaku police stations in Ibadan refused to detain suspects arrested by members of Amotekun citing flimsy excuses like the absence of superior officers, among other reasons.
He said, “We caught two thieves on Saturday at about 2 pm at St. Steven, Inalende, Ibadan North-West Local Government. When we caught them, we searched and found locally-made pistols and stolen items on their persons. They confessed that the stolen items were from people robbed at various locations like Iwo-Road, Inalende, among other places.”
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