By Tunde Olamilekan
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the elite investigative body of the Force, the IRT-FID, to take over the case of extra-judicial killings at Akinlalu community in Ife-North Local Government Area of Osun State.
The command also said five people have been arrested in connection with the killings in the community.
Osun.life reports that Osun Amotekun Corps personnel last Tuesday, stormed the community and allegedly killed four people.
The spokesperson for the command, Abiodun Ojelabi, in a statement, also said the claim by the Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Adekunle Omoyele, that he was allegedly attacked by some unknown gunmen on Monday night might not be true.
According to Ojelabi, “investigation carried out by the Police revealed that the attackers are members of Amotekun Corps and individuals were mentioned to have masterminded the attack, which victims and witnesses of the attack said they can identify them if seen.”
He also said efforts to bring the Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps in for questioning have proved abortive.
“The Commander of Amotekun Corps has been invited to clarify his roles played in the entire episode of the attack. Meanwhile, he has refused to honour the invitation and, equally, efforts made to reach him on phone proved abortive as his phone has been switched off.
“Only for him to come on social media on 6th October, 2025, and put up a claim of being attacked by unknown armed men wearing masks, which preliminary enquiry reveals to be a figment of his own imagination aimed at concealing the truth and derailing the course of justice to the victims,” he added.
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