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Gunmen have kidnapped an Ibadan based business man, Mr. Wole Agboola.
DAILY POST learnt that the gunmen stormed Abaodo Area, Olukitibi village, in Akinyele Local Government Area and kidnapped Mr. Agboola.
The abduction of Mr. Agboola comes a few days after the kidnap of Babalola Jumoke Oludele, a sister to a member of the State House of Assembly, Sunkanmi Babalola.
Our correspondent gathered that the abductors, who were in army uniform, took Mr. Agboola to an unknown destination.
The victim was taken away at gunpoint from his farm located around the Kola Daisi University, on the Ibadan-Oyo Express road axis of the State.
Controversy trails killing of student by Amotekun in Oyo
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By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan
CONTROVERSY has trailed the alleged killing of a suspected armed robber by men of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun.
While the outfit claimed it didn’t kill a student, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) accused it of killing one Akolade Gbadebo, a 400-level student of the Federal College of Education Special (SPED), Oyo (with affiliation to the University of Ibadan).
Though, the outfit said the “suspected robber” the Chairman of NANS joint campus committee in Oyo, Mr Mayowa Opakunle, insisted that the deceased student was shot dead by one of the Amotekun corps, who were invited to clear a road barricade made by students around Sabo area of Oyo town.
By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan
The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun said it “neutralised” a suspected leader of armed robbery gang and arrested three others who have been terrorising residents of Ijawaya village on Ogbomoso-Oyo Road.
The State Commandant of Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), further stated that Ijawaya village had become a danger zone as a result of incessant attacks by the robbers.
Olayanju stated that, “Ijawaya Village, on the Ogbomoso/Oyo, has been a dark spot as numerous travellers had been robbed there at nights.”
“At the joint patrol of Amotekun Corps, Oyo Zone, yesternight, this man was apprehended with the help of the villagers who led us to the robbers’ hide-out. He has been handed over to the police”.
Hoodlums kill four in Ibadan
Barely a week of the inauguration of Delta Hawk by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to flush out criminals in the state, the security outfit on Tuesday evening killed a woman in Asaba.
It was gathered that a stray bullet from the team hit the woman, a trader, who was identified as Amaka Ohanaja, while she was in her shop. She died on the spot.
According to sources, the Operation Delta Hawk team was chasing a boy who was escaping from them when they allegedly opened fire on him but the bullet hit the woman, whose shop is located around Government House.
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The killing of Akolade Gbadebo, a 400-level student of the University of Ibadan by a member of the Oyo State security agency code-named Amotekun Corps, has turned controversial.
Gbadebo was shot while students at a UI campus affiliated with the Federal College of Education in Oyo town were having fun around 10:30 p.m. last Thursday at Atiba.
Students who witnessed the incident said the victim died from the gunshot wound immediately.
The victim’s younger brother, Habeeb Gbadebo, said despite the fact that the matter was reported at the Atiba Police Divisional Headquarters, no action is yet to be taken.