Some police officers reportedly from Force Headquarters, Abuja, stormed the operational base of the Osun Amotekun Corps in Oke-Fia on Wednesday and arrested some personnel of the corps.
The policemen also visited the Amotekun office in Ife, where operatives of the security agency were also arrested. Sources said the raid was in connection with the recent incident at the Akinlalu community, where operatives of Osun Amotekun allegedly shot four people dead.
Confirming the development, Osun Amotekun spokesperson, Yusuf Idowu, said the policemen arrested about 20 officers of the security agency.
He said, “Some policemen came, but they didn’t seal our headquarters. They burst our operation base in Oke-Fia and the Ife Central command.
“They also arrested about 20 of our operatives at Oke-Fia and Ife Central. They came in respect of the Akinlalu incident. The policemen are still at Oke-Fia, and we don’t know where they took our personnel whom they arrested.”
Meanwhile, the Osun State Police Command has confirmed that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has ordered the elite investigative body of the Force, the IRT-FID, to take over the Akinlalu case.
The spokesperson for the command, Abiodun Ojelabi, also confirmed that five people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Ojelabi, in a statement on Wednesday evening, said ” investigation carried out by the Police revealed that the attackers are members of Amotekun Corps and individuals were mentioned to have masterminded the attack, which victims and witnesses of the attack said they can identify them if seen.”
He also said efforts to bring the Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps in for questioning have proved abortive; his claim of allegedly being attacked by unknown gunmen was fabricated.