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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Police Command has promised it would ensure those involved in the mayhem that occurred in Akinlalu, a community in Ife North Local Government Area of the state, are apprehended and brought to justice. It would be recalled that operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps were…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State Police Command said it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of three people at Akinlalu village. osun.life reports that the Osun State Southwest Security Network, known as Amotekun, had on Tuesday said some of its operatives were attacked in the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Some operatives of Osun State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, were on Tuesday, attacked by suspected bandits at Akinlalu, a community in the Ile-Ife axis of the state. According to a statement by the Corps spokesperson, Yusuf Idowu, the Amotekun operatives were attacked on their…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State Southwest Security Network (Amotekun) has announced the arrest of a 32-year-old man, Nurudeen Olawale, for attempting to steal money from a mosque. Olawale was said to have attempted to steal in a mosque at the Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo, the capital of Osun…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 26-year-old man, Elijah Olawale who allegedly had canal knowledge of his 9-year-old stepdaughter. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of Osun Amotekun Corps, Idowu Yusuf, noted that the victim’s mother reported the case to…
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The Field Commander of Osun State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, has quit his position in the organisation. Shittu did not give any specific reason for his resignation in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government dated 20th January 2023, a copy…
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By Damilola Oni The nominee for the position of Corp Commander into the Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps, Brigadier General Biodun Adewinmbi (Rtd) has stressed the importance of vigilance group in the framework of the security formation. Adewinmbi stated this during his screening at today’s plenary of the…
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By Editor A University Don has commended the Governor of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola for correcting the administrative error in the earlier appointment of Director General for the Osun Amotekun corps. Prof. Aderemi Ajala, a Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Ibadan was reacting to news of the…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, has today signed the Osun Security Network Agency (Amotekun) bill into law. Present at the event was the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, the Deputy Governor, Mr Gboyega Alabi among others. The State…
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By Joseph Akanbi The State of Osun House of Assembly has today passed the Osun Security Network Agency (Amotekun) bill into law. The passage was done at today’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye. The bill became necessary following increased killings of farmers, banditry, highway robbery…
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