As cases of insecurity continue to rise in Oyo State, Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, has announced the arrest of 10 suspects in various parts of the state during the festive season.
Olayinka Olayanjo, a retired Colonel and Commandant of the security outfit who announced the arrest of the suspects said they have been transferred to various police divisions in the state for proper investigation and prosecution.
Giving a breakdown, Olayanjo said four of the suspects were arrested in Oyo town for allegedly mounting roadblocks, three while were arrested at Ibadan North West Local Government Area for robbery.
The remaining three suspects were arrested at Odo Ona Kekere, Olomi and Ido areas of Ibadan, the state capital, he added.
In the same vein, officers of Amotekun have chased some herdsmen away from two forests in the state.
The operation to chase away the herdsmen from the two forests, Opara Forest Reserve and the Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme Forest, was carried out in collaboration with some hunters.
In a statement made available to newsmen by Mrs. Ayolola Adedoja, its Information Officer, the security network’s Chairman, Kunle Toogun, a retired General alleged that the herdsmen came into the state on the request of some unnamed traditional rulers.
“They were able to flush the herdsmen out of the forest reserve around 2 am. The Amotekun Corps, with the assistance of one Prophet Ojoawo, who is the head of the hunters in the state, with 40 hunters drove out the herdsmen out of the forest reserve and they were escorted out of Saki West to the Orelope Local Government Area of Oyo State,” Toogun said.
“The herdsmen were handed over to the Amotekun Corps members at Orelope who also led them out of their territory and handed them to their members at Olorunsogo in Igbeti area. The Amotekun corps at Igbeti made sure they were escorted out of the Oyo State boundary.”
“Also, another set of the herdsmen were sighted at OYSADEP Forest Reserves. They too produced evidence of invitation by one of the Oyo Obas and they too were also driven out of the forest and of the state boundary.”
Amotekun Releases Contact Numbers
However, as fears about the state of insecurity in Oyo State mount and residents begin to ask questions about the effectiveness of Amotekun, the security network has released the contact number of the head of its operations in the 33 local government areas in the state.
The contact numbers, which were made available to newsmen on Sunday, were released to ease communication between residents and officers of the corps.
AMOTEKUN contact numbers:
Afijio 08067355725
Akinyele 07030293904; 07031391379
Atiba 08077629320
Atisbo 08105943775
Egbeda 08068970954
Ibadan North 08037485004
Ibadan North-East 08074103391; 08034659607
Ibadan North-West 08023459729
Ibadan South-East 08076652928
Ibadan South-West 08038636518
Ibarapa Central 09027194076
Ibarapa East 08060746369
Ibarapa North 08081045781
Ido 07065495029
Irepo 08038388023
Iseyin 09019987280
Itesiwaju 08112602890
Iwajowa 08101669067
Kajola 08166232322
Lagelu 07069042866
Ogbomosho North 08114957007
Ogbomosho South 07033728745
Ogo Oluwa 07067323303
Olorunsogo 08058918942; 08131211994
Oluyole 08165657572
Ona Ara 08065930292
Orelope 08023781971
Ori Ire 09048237674
Oyo East 08037900085
Oyo West 08033834223
Saki East 08072923208
Saki West 08072923208
Surulere 09063403488
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