Ondo Amotekun officers injured in clash with suspected herdsmen

Some officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun were injured following an attack by a group of people suspected to be herdsmen in Akure, the state capital.

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It was gathered that the corps arrested some cows which allegedly destroyed farmlands in Osi and Igboba Communities in the North Local Government Area of the state on Friday.

A source narrated that the Amotekun officers were taking the arrested cows numbering about 120 to the state headquarters of the Amotekun Command in Akure when the herders accosted them on the Akure-Ado expressway and attacked them.

Similarly, a viral videoshowed some of the officers of the corps shooting sporadically into the air to disperse their attackers while the injured ones were quickly taken into the Amotekun Hilux van.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo Amotekun, Jimoh Adeniken, confirmed the incident and said an investigation had commenced.

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