Tag: Amotekun

The Okada operators will henceforth operate between 6 am and 6 pm.

To restore normalcy, Mr Oyetola last Saturday imposed curfew and gave 72-hour amnesty to looters to return stolen goods.

Mr Makinde said the new intakes of the Amotekun outfit will undergo two weeks' training, between November 1 and November ...

Mr Adeogun, two others were kidnapped on Monday.

Mr Adeogun was abducted on Monday, alongside a record officer.

Mr Akeredolu said the idea of states funding the outfit would not work.

"My brother was abducted alongside the person in his car," a relative said.

A PREMIUM TIMES reporter joined the southwest regional security outfit for a raid.

Most of the travellers said they were coming from Zamfara.

The bill for the establishment of the security outfit was passed by the Assembly in March this year.

The governors have, therefore, asked the five state Houses of Assembly to commence enactment of state security laws.

A retired colonel was also appointed the coordinator of Oyo Amotekun.

The active cases in the state are now seven.

"Government is aware of a huge influx of non- Osun residents into the state, especially from Zamfara."

The police said they are on the trail of the kidnappers.

The police counter claims by Afenifere spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, that four suspects had been arrested in connection with the murder.

The states are Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun. Before now, the Ekiti assembly had in February passed the bill ...

The bill seeks to unify the proposed law that would guide the security outfit jointly established by the South-West governors.

The outfit will be part of the Western Nigeria Security Network code-named 'Operation Amotekun.'

While people welcome Amotekun to protect them, they also need assurances the group will not pose danger to their lives.

The Amotekun bills have been passed and lawmakers say they had no reason to include MACBAN or respond to their ...

A similar bill reached the same stage in the Senate a fortnight ago

The document, known as the Ekiti State Security Network Agency law, was read the third time at the State House ...

The ex-SGF speaks on the rising insecurity in the North-east, workings of the National Assembly as well as the internal ...