Amotekun Operative Allegedly Hits Policemen with Charms During Novelty Match In Ogun
Some Operatives of Amotekun Corps on Tuesday attacked police officers with charms and knives during a fooAmotekun Allegedly Hits Policemen with Charms During Novelty Match In Oguntball game in Ogun State, OSUN DEFENDER gathered.
OSUN DEFENDER learnt that when the Police officers scored their second goal in the 52nd minute of the quarter-final match, the boisterous Amotekun cops lost control of the ongoing football game organised by Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter.
The situation according to eyewitness became tense in the 65th minute of the match when the Centre Referee, Ayo Amos, awarded a red card to Amotekun defender Akinloye Ismail Babatunde with Force No: AMT/AN/21418 for violent behaviour on Police defender Odukoya Olanrewaju who was also dismissed by the referee for retaliation.
Akinloye, the Amotekun defender who had been sent off, came to the pitch right away and struck Constable Adesina James, a police officer who was playing on the pitch.
Due to the unsavoury development, fans from the stand entered the field of play to save the police officer from the Amotekun mob onslaught.
Unexpectedly, Tejuoso Segun, an Amotekun defender with force number AMT/AS/21201, sprinted off the ground before returning with a charm and a broken bottle to attack Inspector Ogunremi Oluwafemi and inflict a deep cut wound on his lower jaw.
Before being rushed to the hospital for treatment, the injured inspector Ogunremi lay motionless for a few minutes and in the 67th minute of play, the game was abruptly over.
OSUN DEFENDER gathered that in 2021, Amotekun Operatives charmed officials and spectators on the pitch during the SWAN/Security Cup.
Reacting to the development, the chairman of the organising committee, Hakeem Akintunde
voiced his displeasure with the actions of the purported security personnel while speaking to journalists in Abeokuta.
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