Amotekun: Commandant Debunks Killing UI Student

Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, says Akolade Gbadebo who was recently killed by its men in Oyo town was an armed robber, not a student.

Following the killing, Ekohotblog gathered that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) claimed that the security agency killed Gbadebo, a 400 Level student of the Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo.

But in a statement made available by Amotekun, the Commandant, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), said its men killed the leader of a three-man robbery gang.

He added that the two surviving members of the robbery gang were handed over to the Atiba Police Station in Oyo town.

The statement read in part, “On Sunday 20th December, 2020, at about 0040hrs ( past 12 midnight), a mobile patrol team of Amotekun operatives from Oyo East and Atiba Local Government Areas ran into an illegal road block mounted around Sabo area in Oyo town, opposite old Isale Oyo Community Bank along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway.

“While the team was attempting to clear the barricade to facilitate a smooth passage for interstate commercial vehicles plying the road, a group of armed men, suspected to be robbers, fired at the Amotekun operatives and a gun duel ensued.

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“In the process, one of the robbers, nicknamed Akin Sarz, was neutralised and two others gang members were arrested at the scene with a locally-made pistol with cartridges.

“The men of Nigeria Police from Atiba were called to the scene while Amotekun operatives handed over the two arrested armed robbers along with the corpse of Akin Sarz to men of the Atiba police.

“The Atiba police later handed over the surviving gang members to the State CID, Iyangaku for further investigation.”