OSOGBO — Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Osun State, the Amotekun Corps in the state on Friday raided some hotels and brothels in some major towns harboring some suspected hoodlums and made some arrests.
A security source, who preferred anonymity, said the raid would continue till Saturday morning (today) to ensure criminals did not have a hiding place ahead of the primary.
The Field Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, confirmed the raid but did not disclose the number of arrests made.
He said, “We had intelligence reports that hoodlums were hiding in some hotels, brothels and we have carried out some raids already. The raiding occurred in some major towns in the state.
“The raid will continue till Saturday morning. We don’t want any criminal to use any part of the state as a hiding place.”
Our correspondent, who went around the state on Friday evening, observed a large presence of police operatives.
In Iwo, buses conveying a large number of policemen were sighted around Olomowewe Local Council Development Area, Ori Eru and Odoori areas all within Iwo metropolis. The same large number of policemen was noticed at Ede, Osogbo, Ipetu Modu, Ikirun, Otan Ayegbanju, Iresi, Ibokun and others.
In Osogbo, there was a large presence of security men at the state secretariat of the party along Osogbo/Gbongan road.
On the eve of the primary election, Ilesa was generally calm with no unusual presence of security men.
