Amotekun Denies Ki*ling Varsity Student

THE Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has
said that its operatives did not kill any student of the University
of Ibadan, contrary to an erroneous indication painted by some
students’ body in several online media.

Amotekun Oyo in a statement made available by its Commandant,
Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) said that operatives of the Amotekun
corps only had an encounter with a three-man robbery gang,
neutralised its leader and handed the two surviving members to the
Atiba Police Station in Oyo town.

The statement reads “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 catridges

“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”.

The statement reads further “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 Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has
said that its operatives did not kill any student of the University
of Ibadan, contrary to an erroneous indication painted by some
students’ body in several online media.

Amotekun Oyo in a statement made available by its Commandant,
Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) said that operatives of the Amotekun
corps only had an encounter with a three-man robbery gang,
neutralised its leader and handed the two surviving members to the
Atiba Police Station in Oyo town.

The statement reads “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 catridges

“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”.

The statement reads further “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?