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Police Allegedly Shoots Operative Of Amotekun, See Why
Police Allegedly Shoots Operative Of Amotekun.
OnyxNews Nigeria reports that a Divisional Police Officer at Igbon Police Station in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, Ayodeji Adepoju has reportedly shot and injuring an operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Amotekun on Friday February 12, 2021.
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The incident happened after an angry farmer filed a complaint with Amotekun operatives over the destruction of crops by cows brought to his farm in Gambari by Fulani herdsmen.
However after some herdsmen reported the arrest to the DPO, he ordered the arrest of two operatives of the Amotekun Corps identified as Jenyo and Olatunji Mayowa for arresting the herdsmen, while maintaining that Amotekun was not created to arrest herdsmen but to go against armed robbers.
After the Unit Commander of Amotekun in the area, Araoye Amoo came to the police station with his men to secure the release of the two officials, the DPO reportedly stormed out of his office, collected a gun from a policeman and shot one of the Amotekun men in the leg.
The DPO repeatedly claimed that he overheard the Amotekun corps say they were coming to the station to kill him.
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According to Punch report, the unit commander said one of the Amotekun corps who escaped from the scene was pursued and disarmed. He also revealed that the police checked and discovered that the gun which was forcefully collected from the Amotekun operatives, was not loaded with ammunition.
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