Commandant reacts as Amotekun operative allegedly shoot two people dead

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Commandant reacts as Amotekun operative allegedly shoot two people dead

An operative of the new security network known as Amotekun on Thursday, allegedly shot 2 persons to death in Ibadan, Oyo state capital.

However, in a statement by Amotekun on Friday, 7HUBENTS gathered that the security outfit denied the allegations, saying that its operatives did not fire the gun that killed the persons.

When contacted, the Commandant of Amotekun in the state, Colonel Colonel Olayinka Olayanju (retd) said there was a crisis in the community around Born Photo area/ Isale Osi, in which the OPC (Fasehun faction) was trying to deal with.

He explained, “By the time we got there, we saw that the OPC members and the hoodlums were already exchanging gunfire, but our operatives and Operation Burst were able to bring the situation under control. We arrested some suspects and handed them over to Operation Burst.”

“After that had been settled, the hoodlums later gathered and attacked an OPC member, who is also a member of Amotekun in the area.”

“In the earlier incident, while the exchange of gunshots was going on, one of the hoodlums had been hit; he, however, didn’t die at the spot. We learnt he later died at home.”

“So the hoodlums regrouped and went to attack the OPC member, who is also an Amotekun operative in the area.”

“He then called his OPC colleagues who came to his rescue. So there was no time Amotekun shot at anybody. We only met the hoodlums and OPC members exchanging gunfire when we got to the scene after we were invited and we brought about normalcy.”

“It is so unfortunate that some media organisations published that an Amotekun operative shot and killed some people, “Colonel Olayanju said.

He however, said that investigation into the matter is going on, and that more details will be revealed as time goes by.