Amotekun Operatives Clash With Policemen Guarding Illegal Miners In Osun, Leaving Officers Injured
Sources informed SaharaReporters that the police officers, led by ASP Ako Abiodun, formed a task force at the illegal mining site along Ibadan Road, Osogbo, after reportedly accepting bribes.
Tensions escalated in Osun State on February 2, 2025, when members of the Southwest Security Outfit, Amotekun, attacked and injured police officers stationed to protect illegal miners.
Sources informed SaharaReporters that the police officers, led by ASP Ako Abiodun, formed a task force at the illegal mining site along Ibadan Road, Osogbo, after reportedly accepting bribes.
The deployment order was allegedly issued by ACP Ige Adekunle, Commander of MOPOL 39 Osogbo.
A deployed officer who spoke to SaharaReporters said that ASP Ako Abiodun departed the scene without notifying his subordinates, leaving them exposed to the attack.
“When Amotekun came, they attacked everyone on the site and the police officers too. They injured Inspectors Taofiq Adebayo, Falani Banji and others illegally deployed to the site by the commander,” a police source told SaharaReporters.
The source disclosed that since the incident, ACP Ige Adekunle, the Commander of MOPOL 39 Osogbo, has been making efforts to cover up the event.
Additionally, it was reported that Commander Adekunle urged Mr. Omoyele, the Chairman of Amotekun, to prevent the incident from reaching the media.
One of the sources said, “The officer who led the men on the task force is ASP Ako Abiodun, along with six other men. According to the Amotekun personnel, they said they called ASP to leave the location before they got there because they knew him.
“He left for an unknown destination without informing his subordinates of the danger ahead. The Amotekun personnel attacked Inspectors Taofiq Adebayo and Falani Banji because they were the only agile ones who stood their ground while others ran away.
“The Commander ACP Ige Adekunle pleaded with Chairman of Amotekun Mr Omoyele who happens to be a retired police officer that everything that transpired on that day should not get to the media.”
The State Police Command Spokesman, Opalola Yemisi, said she would investigate the matter when contacted by SaharaReporters.
“I will find out,” she said.
