Woman Alleges Amotekun Operatives Shot Her Son

Operatives of  Amotekun Corps in Ogun State have been accused of shooting one Ayodeji Eweje, and labelling him a cultist.

Amoke Eweje, the mother of the victim alleged that the incident happened on May 24, 2022 when her son went to watch the inauguration of the Adigbe-Panseke road by the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun.

Amoke then  demanded justice, saying that she discovered that her son was with the Amotekun Corps through the police.

“It was through the police that we were able to know that truly, Ayodeji was with the Amotekun Corps, and was taken to their Imeko-Afon office for a reason known to them. Now, they have destroyed his leg, he cannot walk again. They just abandoned him there at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta without taking care of his hospital bills,” she lamented.

Reacting, the Ogun State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, David Akinremi, insisted that Ayodeji and his gang had been on the wanted list of the corps for a long time, adding that he was a notorious cultist who had been tormenting the Adigbe area of Abeokuta.

He said: “When he was apprehended at Panseke during the commissioning of Panseke Adigbe road by the governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and handed over to us, he was taken into our custody and we began investigation into his past deeds.

“It was during the investigation that he escaped to Imeko, where he was apprehended again. We tried to profile him again, but in the process, he wanted to escape through the ceiling of the custody he was kept in. It was then our personnel shot at his leg, and immediately we took him to hospital for treatment.”