Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Police has debunked rumour making the rounds that some gunmen stormed a school in the state to abduct some children.
Briefing journalists on Friday, the police spokesperson, DSP Ngozi Braide, noted that nothing of such happened in Lagos. She added that the state is safe and described the rumour as false.
“It is not true that there is any act of terrorism anywhere in Lagos State. It is a lie that the terrorists invaded Premier College to abduct students.
“Somebody just sat down somewhere and cooked up the lies to cause panic in the state. Premier College and other schools in the state are safe and secure; let the public discountenance the rumour,“ Braide told newsmen at the premises of the school.
The Executive Director of the school, Abraham Martins, while also speaking on the issue, expressed regret about the tale. “The rumour is false and peddled by unscrupulous elements in the society who are just trying to destroy the image of the school.
“The rumour started yesterday evening when someone mentioned it here that a parent came requesting information that some students were taken from Premier by Boko-Haram. I did not actually take it serious until this morning when parents started coming in and panicking asking questions and wanting to see their students.
“ We did the roll call and all our students were in school, the police confirmed that it was a mere rumour. As for us, we have effective security for our students and we are working with the police,” Martins narrated.
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