The Ogun State Police Command says a report of
an attack by herdsmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is a “fake news by a
faceless group of students.”
The report of the attack was followed by an
anonymous security alert warning motorists and other travellers to avoid
passing the route, as herdsmen were attacking and killing people.
‘The attention of Ogun State Police Command has
been once again drawn to an alleged attack by herdsmen along Lagos/Ibadan
expressway as well as an anonymous security alert letter written by a faceless
student group urging students and members of the public not to travel along
that route,” the police said in a statement.
Police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, said the the faceless group also posted a simulated voice recording on
social media where some people were crying and pleading with their alleged
attackers not to kill them.
“The Command wouldn’t have dignified the
disgruntled elements with a response but in order to allay the fears of public,
the true security situation along that axis has to be made known to all and
sundry,” Mr. Oyeyemi added.
“To start with, there is no attack by herdsmen
or any other group in all the stretch of Express Ways across and within Ogun
State, we make bold to say that the alleged attack posted on social media is a
lie from the pit of hell fire being peddled by those who are not happy with the
peaceful atmosphere in Ogun State,” he said.
“The picture attached to the post is a picture
of an accident which occurred about eight years ago exactly on the 31st of July
2010 to be precise; while the purported voice recording was a stage managed
one,” Mr. Oyeyemi stressed.
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