BEVERLY HILLS, February 13, (THEWILL) – The Oyo State Police command today confirmed the arrest of three operatives of the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, with reports that a DPO shot an officer of the regional outfit.
Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the police responded to a report from the Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Oroji Allah, on an alleged plot by the Amotekun operatives to burn down the Gaa Fulani in Orile Igbon.
Fadeyi explained that the officers were sent to the scene to bring the operatives to the station to have the matter resolved by the DPO.
He alleged Amotekun operatives, numbering about 30, later invaded the station and put on an unruly and riotous show.
Fadeyi said: “It was a report from the Secretary of Miyetti Allah, one, Oroji Allah ‘m’ at Orile Igbon Police Station that some Amotekun operatives planned to set ablaze Fulani Igaa.
“A team of Policemen was sent to the scene and brought them to the station for amicable settlement by the DPO.
“Not too long, Amotekun corps numbering about 30 invaded the station and conducted themselves in an unruly and riotous manner. Three of them were arrested.
“The Area Commander Ogbomoso is handling the matter.”
But, the Command was silent on the alleged shooting of an Amotekun operative by a DPO.
The Divisional Police Officer at Igbon Police Station in the Surulere Local Government Area of the State, Ayodeji Adepoju, had allegedly shot and injured a member of the Amotekun on Friday.
The DPO, it was learnt, ordered the arrest of two operatives of the Amotekun Corps for arresting herdsmen whose cattle were grazing on the farm in Gambari, allegedly destroying crops in the process.
The aggrieved farmer was said to have reported the case to Amotekun in the area and the herdsmen were arrested.
But some of the herdsmen were said to have reported the case to the DPO who ordered the arrest of the two Amotekun operatives, Jenyo and Olatunji Mayowa, who were investigating the case.
The unit Commander of Amotekun in the area, Araoye Amoo, was said to have gone to the police station with his men to secure the release of the two officials.
He was discussing with the station guard when the DPO stormed out of his office and reportedly collected a gun from a policeman and shot one of the Amotekun men in the leg.
The Amotekun commandant in Oyo State, Colonel Olayinka Olayanju (rtd.), confirmed the incident; adding that the injured Amotekun official had been taken to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.
He said, “The DPO arrested and detained our men that arrested herdsmen. The unit commander led some of his people there to ask for the release of his men but the DPO was said to have shot them. One of them was injured and he is on admission at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.”
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