The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has cleared 80 Fulanis who were intercepted by men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekum.
It could be recalled that a DAF truck, with registration number Bauchi KTG 220 ZZ, conveying about 80 passengers of Fulani extraction, were noticed and intercepted by Amotekun operatives and Operation Burst operatives.
The 80 persons were intercepted along with 25 cows and 13 motorcycles in that DAF truck driven by one Auwalu at Iwo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, last Sunday, at about 5 pm.
The occupants of the truck were driven off to Agodi police station in Ibadan for interrogation.
During interrogation, the Fulani had told the police that they were from Kano State.
They said, they were on their way to Ogun and Lagos States for commercial motorcycle riding and cattle sales, respectively.
It was gathered that after the clearance by the police, they were escorted by police patrol team to the defunct toll gate at Ibadan along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.
Public Relations Officer of the State Police command, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday.
Fadeyi said, the Amotekum arrested the herdsmen but, Police freed them because nothing criminating was found on them.
He said, “They are about 80 Fulani. Some of your people have called me. What I told them is that those people were arrested by Amotekun.
“But, we profiled them and discovered that they were not armed. They said that they were going to Lagos.
“The police freed them. We released them because they did not have any weapons with them.”
