Insecurity: Amotekun can’t perform miracles in one month Commander
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By Adeola Badru
Commander of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), yesterday, declared that the security outfit cannot perform miracles by stemming the high rate of insecurity within one month of its inauguration.
His reaction came on the heels of series of killings and kidnappings in the South-West, since the inauguration of the southwest security network, as people believed that the impact of the corps has not been really felt.
He, however, said that the security outfit has handled about 40 criminal cases since its inauguration in November 2020, adding that all the suspected criminal elements arrested in the process were handed over to the police.
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No fewer than three people were reportedly killed when some youths engaged operatives of the Amotekun Corps.
The incident happened at Tapa in Ibarapa geo-political zone in Oyo State on Wednesday, sources told DAILY POST.
Recall that the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) also known as Amotekun Corps started its operation last year in Oyo State.
On Thursday, there was a clash between the operatives of Amotekun Corps and some indigenes of Tapa in Ibarapa North Area of the state on Wednesday.
DAILY POST gathered that before the clash erupted during a street carnival, Amotekun Corps operatives had gone to disperse the youths.
Peller is representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency in the state.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 03, 2021
No fewer than two people have been killed by Fulani herdsmen in Iganna, Iwajowa Local government area of Oyo State while three others sustained gunshot injuries, a member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has said.
Peller is representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency in the state.
Shina Peller
Peller raised concern over the spate of insecurity in the state, especially in Iwajowa Local Government Area in his constituency.
The lawmaker particularly mentioned the Iganna area where kidnappings, killings and robbery cases had been carried out by Fulani herdsmen.
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by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 31, 2020
The Indigenous People of Biafra says that the newly created Eastern Security Network has many members who are university graduates and volunteers who relocated from the Diaspora to put an end to terror in the South-East region.
Also, the group said the unfavourable disposition of South-East governors towards its new security initiative would not affect the success of its mission to defend the region in any way.