One person has been confirmed dead as men of Osun State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun corps, clashed with suspected thugs in Osogbo, the state capital on Saturday.
Report says it all started when the thugs seized some tools of engineers which were being used at Olaiya area construction site.
The operatives of Amotekun stepped in to retrieve the seized item but it ended in a heated argument which led to a clash between them causing the death of one of the thugs.
The fierce clash which lasted about 40 minutes, left four thugs seriously injuried on different parts of their bodies.
An Eyewitness revealed that one of the thugs lost his life when he brought out a gun to kill an Amotekun operative who was faster than him and gunned him down in self-defence.
The Amotekun patrol van that conveyed the Amatokun operatives was also damaged by the thugs.
The Commandant of Osun Amotekun corps, Brig Gen. Bashir Adewimbi (retd.) hlconfirmed the development. He said “a group of hoodlums led by one Lekan, also known as ‘Emir’, attacked Amotekun men who were in the area on assignment.”