Osun State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has revealed that its operatives were violently attacked by armed hoodlums at its Command post in Awo, Egbedore local government area of the state.
According to a statement by the Corps Commander, Isaac Omoyele and issued by its spokesperson, Yusuf Idowu Abass on Monday, the unprovoked attack was carried out on Friday. Condemning the attack in the statement, the security agency disclosed that the initial incident unfolded following a formal request by the Oniwoye of Iwoye who had reported the unauthorised interment of a corpse on community ancestral land.
'However, in a shocking turn of events, the hoodlums regrouped and staged a second attack on the Amotekun office in Awo.' Omoyele, who revealed that the attack on the Amotekun operatives took place in the presence of law enforcement agents, including officers of the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, as well as family members of the assailants, added that the attackers attempted to disarm the operatives and inflicted injuries in them.
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