SOJI AJIBOLA, Ibadan
A combined team of the state security network code named Operation Amotekun, Oodua Peoples Congress and Vigilante Group of Nigeria, have arrested 11 suspected Fulani bandits with 183 cows at different locations in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State.
The suspected bandits in a statement signed by the State Commandant of Amotekun, Col Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), were arrested along Okeho-Ilua and Okeho – Iseyin road at about 4am during a joint routine patrol on two separate routes within the local government area.
Col Olayanju in a statement gave names of the arrested suspected bandits as Awali Atine, Ibrahim Abu, Shuaib Balau, Ibrahim Musa, Abdullah Masika and Umar Aliu Masika (All of Bororo Fulani ethnic group).
The Amotekun commandant said Amotekun operatives were on the trail of other suspected bandits that escaped from the scene during the arrest, saying, “We are still on the trail of others who managed to escape from the scene.”
He said the arrested bandits have been handed over to the police authority in Okeho Divisional Headquarters alongside the 183 herds, weapons and money found in their possession for further investigation.