“Last weekend, the efforts of our men were rewarded when the arms and ammunition were found in one of the forests following a tip-off that some gunmen sighted in the area.”
“One Amotekun corps tried to settle the issue, and one Fulani macheted him,” Mr. Olayanju said.
“We checked them up: we found some cows with them. They said they were taking them for sale in Agege abattoir.”
There has been growing incidence of kidnappings and killings in the hinterlands of Oyo State.
Herders’ activities around Oyo have recently become increasingly violent, as locals push back against encroachment on their lands.
Amotekun operatives have been spotlighted in recent weeks for various forms of notoriety and extra judicial killings.
The operatives swiftly fled the scene shooting sporadically, the sources said.
