Amotekun

The Oyo State Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has arrested a truckload of Fulani herdsmen heading to Ibarapa in Oyo State, Sahara Reporters reported Tuesday.According to the report, the herdsmen were being conveyed in a Kebbi…

The Amotekun Corps Commander in Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, says that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the corps.Adeleye added that the recruitment is free and prospective corps personnel can download the…

The Amotekun Corps Commander in Ekiti State, Brigadier General Joe Komolafe (retd) says men of the security network have arrested four suspected kidnappers who hail from Sokoto State.He told journalists on Friday that the arrest was…

The Oyo State Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has dismissed Kazeem Afolabi for shooting a commercial motorcyclist, Tosin Thomas, to death in an incident that occurred Wednesday night.Afolabi was equally handed over to the police for…

Pan-Yoruba sociocultural organisation, Afenifere has rejected calls by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) for its members to be included in the Oyo State Security Network aka Amotekun.The Chairman of…

Gunmen kidnapped a traveller on the Isan-Iludun-Ekiti highway in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Friday.Amotekun Corps Commander in the state, retired Brig.-Gen. Joe Komolafe, confirmed the mishap on Saturday and said…

Suspected killers of Olufon of Ifon in Ose LGA of Ondo State, Oba Israel Adeusi, have been arrested.The Commander of the Ondo Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Chief Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this during a press briefing in…

The Amotekun Corps in Ondo State has arrested three suspected herdsmen in connection with the abduction of one Mr. Kunle Agbayewa.The suspects were said to have trailed the victim to a sawmill in Ido Ani, Ose Local Government Area of…

A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Yoruba World Congress (YWC), says subsuming the Amotekun Corps in the South-West under the Nigeria Police Force would weaken the corps and defeat its purpose.The YWC stated this in a Sunday…

The Chairman of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, Col. Kunle Togun (rtd) has described as "illegal" and "rubbish" the plan by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore to deploy its vigilante across the nation.Togun, who is a former Director of…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has warned Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu against any attempt to use the newly-inaugurated Amotekun Corps to rig the forthcoming gubernatorial…

The Presidency has reiterated that only the Inspector General of Police is allowed to define the structure of the South-West regional security outfit, Amotekun.According to Presidential Spokesperson, Garba Shehu, who spoke on Channels…

Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Commander, Ondo State Security Network Agency, operation Amotekun, has stressed the importance of support and credible information from residents and traditional rulers to ensure adequate service delivery.The…

Former Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG), Chief Olu Falae says Yorubaland is the glue holding Nigeria together.Falae, who spoke in a Vanguard interview, added that the South-West has invested so much into Nigeria's unity to…

The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has openly boasted that the Fulani ethnic group own Nigeria and will rule it forever in an interview with the Sun.In the usual power-drunk tirade that comes…

Two men have been arrested by men of the Amotekun Corps for burgling a house and stealing multiple female pants in Osun State.It was gathered that the duo burgled the house located at Kajola Ajaba in Ila Local Government Area of the…

Operatives of the Joint task force and the Amotekun corps in Osun State have arrested Ten Chinese and One Ghanaian citizen for illegal mining in the state.The illegal miners were arrested during a joint operation by both security…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to clampdown on South-West security outfit, Amotekun to avert bloodshed in the region.A coalition of Yoruba groups under the platform of Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) in a petition noted that…