Amotekun Corps on Tuesday attacked police officers with charms and knives during the Value Jet/SWAN Security Cup.
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 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.
It should be recalled that Amotekun Operatives charmed officials and spectators on the pitch during the 2021 SWAN/Security Cup.
Hakeem Akintunde, the chairman of the organising committee, voiced his displeasure with the actions of the purported security personnel while speaking to journalists in Abeokuta.
Akintunde claimed that the officers’ actions violated the rules and regulations of the competition.
The former SWAN Chairman asked all participating security agencies to act properly and with the dignity of police charged with protecting people and property.
