Many injured as herdsmen ambush Amotekun operatives

Some members of the Ondo State chapter of Amotekun, were reportedly injured in an attack by criminals suspected to be herdsmen.

The unfortunate incident which happened on Friday in Akure, the state capital, left many officers of the security network sustaining varying degrees of injuries.

The confrontation started when Amotekun operatives detained several cows accused of destroying farmlands in Osi and Igboba Communities in the North local government area.

As they were transporting over 120 seized cows to the Amotekun Command headquarters in Akure, they were ambushed by the herders on the Akure-Ado expressway.

A source according to PUNCH said that “as they were transporting the detained cows to the Amotekun headquarters in Akure, the herders ambushed them with dangerous weapons at the Sango area, attacking the officers to prevent them from taking the cows away.”

In a viral video sighted by NewsBand Newspaper shows Amotekun officers firing shots into the air to scatter the attackers, while the injured operatives were quickly moved into an Amotekun Hilux van.

While confirming the incident, Jimoh Adeniken, the spokesman of Ondo Amotekun, stated that an investigation is currently underway.

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