Police debunk kidnapping of 18 passengers in Oyo state
Police debunk kidnapping of 18 passengers in Oyo state
The Police Command in Oyo State has debunked
the reported kidnapping of 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa area of the state
on Thursday morning.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some online media had
reported that unknown gunmen hijacked an 18-seater bus, kidnapping all its
occupants. The state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, however, refuted
the report on Thursday while parading 4 suspected kidnappers and 33 other
suspects at the command’s headquarters at Eleyele, Ibadan.
The suspects were arrested for offences ranging from sodomy, car
snatching and pickpocketing. Onadeko said when the command got the news of the
kidnapping, it made efforts to check its authenticity and discovered that
nothing of such happened.
“I will enjoin people to desist from carrying baseless rumours that will create fear in the society. “Oyo State Command will continue working hard to make sure that lives and property are secure. “People should give us credible information that will enable us nip crime and criminality in the bud in the state,” she said. Onadeko, however, said she believed that the parade of the suspects would send a warning signal to criminals and would help to reduce crime in the state. (NAN)
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