{"id":38457,"date":"2021-01-04T08:19:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38457"},"modified":"2021-01-04T08:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:19:35","slug":"police-officer-shot-by-amotekun-operative-in-oyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38457","title":{"rendered":"Police officer shot by Amotekun operative in Oyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/officers-of-Operation-Amotekun.jpg\" alt=\"Group claims FG\u2019s move to declare AMOTEKUN illegal a plot to set up Yoruba nation\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> A police officer, Fatai Yekini has been shot by an operative of Oyo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, Ibrahim Ogundele, on Saturday in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amotekun operative reportedly opened fire on Yekini when he arrived in the Sanga area of Oyo town with a team of police officers to dislodge participants at a carnival in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was promptly arrested and detained in police custody while the injured policeman is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesman of the state&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/police-arrests-five-suspects-over-attack-on-oyo-residents\/\">police<\/a>&nbsp;command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThe incident happened when police personnel at Ojongbodu Division, Oyo, were responding to calls to dislodge recalcitrant youths staging carnival after several warnings that such should not be staged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Amotekun operative has since been arrested and is currently being investigated at Ojongbodu police station.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer, Fatai Yekini has been shot by an operative of Oyo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, Ibrahim Ogundele, on Saturday in the state. 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