Oyo State chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly called Amotekun, has dismissed one of its operatives, Afolabi Kazeem, over the killing of 23-year-old Tosin Thomas.
Kazeem had allegedly fired a shot to disperse a crowd at Total filling station in the Mokola area of Ibadan, Oyo capital, on Wednesday, but the shothit Thomas who was later confirmed dead in a hospital.
Commandant of Oyo State Amotekun, Olayinka Olayanju, said Kazeem was found guilty of acting outside the corps protocol.
Olayanju disclosed that the operative had been dismissed from the corps and handed over to the police for prosecution.
He also said the team leader who led the Amotekun operatives to the scene of the incident, George Idowu, is being investigated and will be sanctioned accordingly.
The Amotekun commandant said, “As it turned out, one of his team members, by the name Afolabi Kazeem, who felt sufficiently threatened by the crowd, which included some hoodlums armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, opened fire to supposedly scare away the crowd. Unfortunately, his shot hit one Mr Tosin Thomas, 23, who was subsequently confirmed dead.
“The Corps has found that Afolabi Kazeem with Ammunition Number AM031849 acted outside the Amotekun Corps’ protocols.
“For this reason, he has been summarily dismissed from the Corps and handed over to the police for prosecution. Also, his Team, leader, George Idowu, is being thoroughly investigated and will face all necessary sanctions.”