Police dismiss reported bandit attack in Kwara as false alarm

The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed reports of a bandit onslaught successful Oke Oyi, a assemblage successful Moro Local Government Area, describing the incidental that sparked wide panic connected Thursday greeting arsenic a mendacious alarm.

The scare reportedly began astir Government Girls Secondary School, Oke Oyi, aft claims circulated that equipped bandits had invaded the community, causing fearfulness among students, teachers and residents. The alarm temporarily disrupted world activities arsenic radical fled for safety.

In a connection issued connected Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the bid said it received reports of the alleged onslaught astatine astir 9:15 americium and instantly deployed officers to verify the concern and unafraid the area. According to the statement, the divisional constabulary serviceman successful complaint of Oke Oyi Division mobilised unit to the schoolhouse and surrounding locations pursuing reports of a suspected information breach.

However, preliminary investigations revealed that the panic was triggered by an unverified assertion made by a pistillate who allegedly rushed into t...