Police yesterday denied that some suspected members of Boko Haram sect were arrested in Akute area of Ogun State. This is contained in a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, and made available to journalists in Abeokuta.
Speculations had been rife that some Boko Haram members were spotted in Akute area yesterday, which led some concerned members of the public to send distress calls to the police. But Adejobi debunked the speculations, saying the suspects were actually intending Catholic priests.
The PPRO explained that the identities of the people had been confirmed and urged people to remain calm. He said:
“The attention of the Ogun State Police Command has been drawn to a rumour being widely circulated that the command has arrested some members of Boko Haram sect in Akute area of Ogun State.
“The command wishes to debunk the rumor and set the records straight that those seen and challenged by members of the public at Akute area were actually students of Franciscal Friars of the Emaculate Seminary School, Sagamu, Ogun State who came on a visit to a friend at Kayode Afolabi Close, Mubarak Estate, Akute, Ogun State, before a distress call was put across to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ajuwon Division.
“The intending Catholic priests were on their normal white robes with beards which gingered up the suspicion of some people, thus took them for Boko Haram sect members. They were taken to the Police Divisional Office for interrogation where their identities were confirmed.
“The leaders and representatives of the said seminary school in Sagamu and the Catholic Priest in Akute as well as the host of the students have come to the Police Division in Ajuwon to identify them as their Catholic members who are actually on training in the school in Sagamu.” Adejobi appealed to people to always clarify issues on security “before spreading wrong and unconfirmed information via all available means”.
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