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By Emmanuel Awosika
The Oyo Security Corps Network Agency aka Operation Amotekun has countered allegations that it killed a student of the University of Ibadan.
Lagos Street Journal earlier reported that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) accused an Amotekun officer of killing a UI student.
The student leaders had led a protest in Ibadan to protest what they described as the unlawful killing of their comrade.
However, the Amotekun Corps have rejected the allegations, stating that the deceased was part of a three-man robbery gang neutralised by the outfit.
This is according to a statement made available to newsmen in Oyo by the Amotekun commandant (Oyo Chapter), Commandant, Col. Olayinka Olayanju.
The statement reads in part: “On Sunday 20th December, 2020, at about 0040hrs (past 12midnight), a mobile patrol team of Amotekun operatives from Oyo East and Atiba Local Government Areas ran into an illegal road block mounted around Sabo area in Oyo town, opposite old Isale Oyo Community Bank along Oyo – Ogbomosho express way.
“While the team was attempting to clear the barricade to facilitate smooth passage for interstate commercial vehicles plying the road, a group of armed men suspected to be robbers fired at the Amotekun Operatives and a gun duel ensued.
“In the process, one of the robbers nicknamed Akin Sarz was neutralized and two others gang members were arrested at the scene with a locally made pistol with cartridges.
“The men of Nigerian Police from Atiba were called to the scene while Amotekun operatives handed over the two arrested armed robbers along with the corpse of Akin Sarz to men of the Atiba police.
“The Atiba Police later handed over the surviving gang members to the State CID Iyangaku, Ibadan for further investigation.
“Preliminary investigation conducted at Atiba Police post revealed the identity of the deceased as a student of the Federal College of Education Special (SPED), Oyo and a known cultist.
“The gang members confirmed that the deceased was their gang leader and that they have been terrorizing the general area of Afijio and Oyo Township for some time”.
Reacting to the agitations of the student leaders, the Amotekun Commandant questioned why a responsible student was found in such a comprising situation.
“The questions to ask are as follows: What would a responsible student be doing with handheld gun and bullets at a barricaded spot on a major highway in Sabo Area (Atiba LG) a distance of about 10kms from Akinmorin in Afijio Local Govt. by 1 am?,” the statement added.
