The Oyo State Commandant of Amotekun – Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), have denied the killings allegation of two people in the Isale Osi area of the state. Giving the account of what transpired,Colonel Olayanju said there was a crisis around Born Photo/Isale Osi area, where Dr. Faseun faction of the OPC faction was trying to deal with some hoodlums.
He stressed that there was no time Amotekun shot at citizens. “We only met the hoodlums and OPC members exchanging gunfire when we got to the scene. One of the hoodlums was hit during the crossfires. He didn’t die at the spot. We learnt he later died at home”.
He explained that, “Amotekun corps were returning from an operation where a Lebanese man was rescued from his abductors on December 15 when they were invited. 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.”
Olayinka said that shortly after leaving the scene of incident, the hoodlums regrouped and launched an attack on an OPC member, who is also a member of Amotekun in the area. He then called his OPC colleagues who came to his rescue.
Yemi Ogunseye, media consultant to Amotekun, while corroborating Colonel Olayinka, stated that the incident did not happen when the Amotekun operative was on official duty. He said that it would be unfair to say that Amotekun shot someone.
