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By Modupe Shodeinde
The Divisional Police Officer at Igbon Police station, Surulere LGA, Oyo State, Ayodeji Adepoju, reportedly shot one of the operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun for arresting herdsmen.
It was gathered that the DPO 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 farmer was said to have reported the case to Amotekun operatives, who arrested the herdsmen.
Some of the herdsmen, however, reported the case to the DPO who ordered the arrest of the two Amotekun members investigating the case, Jenyo and Olatunji Mayowa, on the premise that they were only set up to go after armed robbers.
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.
While discussing with the station guard it was reported that 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 DPO repeatedly claimed that he overheard the Amotekun corps say they were coming to the station to kill him.
The unit commander said one of the Amotekun corps who escaped from the scene was pursued and disarmed.
Araoye said the police checked and discovered that the gun which was forcefully collected from the Amotekun was not even loaded.
The Amotekun commandant in Oyo State, Col Olayinka Olayanju (retd), confirmed the incident stating that the injured Amotekun official had been taken to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.
In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, later 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.”
