Lagos: Police debunk cult clash reports, intensify patrols

The Lagos State Police Command has assured residents of safety, dismissing reports of a planned cult attacks successful parts of the state.

The clarification was issued connected Monday pursuing the circulation of messages alleging a imaginable cult-related onslaught successful areas including Shitta, Akerele, Itire/Aguda and the Ishaga axis.

In a statement, the Command said it had taken proactive measures to forestall immoderate breakdown of instrumentality and bid successful the affected communities and adjoining areas.

It noted that information unit and operational assets were instantly deployed to the locations aft the archetypal study emerged.

The Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, was said to person directed intensified patrols, strategical positioning of officers and accrued constabulary visibility crossed the identified flashpoints.

According to the Command, the affected areas are secure, with capable information arrangements successful spot to deter unlawful gatherings and transgression activities.

The constabulary further reassured residents that determination is nary origin for alarm, urging them to spell astir their mean activities without fear.

“The Command truthful wishes to reassure members of the nationalist that determination is nary origin for alarm.

“Residents are encouraged to spell astir their lawful duties without fearfulness oregon apprehension, arsenic the Police and different information agencies stay afloat connected crushed and comm...