POLICE CLARIFY ONDO CITY ATTACK, SAYS IT WAS ATTEMPTED ROBBERY THAT CLAIMED LIVES
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The attention of the Ondo State Police Command has been drawn to a fake news being peddled by some mischief makers to cause panic, tension and strife in the State.
The Ondo State Police Command has stated clearly that there was no reprisal attack on the Hausa Community at Sabo area in Ondo City or any part of the state as being reported in the media.
According to a statement signed by the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Odunlami Funmilayo, it was an attempted robbery case.
In her words, “on Tuesday, 7th of June, 2022, there was an attempted robbery on a J5 vehicle with plate no MKA – 469 YJ carrying Onions and Potatoes coming from Zaria enroute Ore, had a stop over at Ondo town and was attacked by men of the underworld around 0110hrs . In the cause of this attempt, the robbers shot the driver , while the motorboy escaped with bullet injury, a motorcyclist alongside the pillion and a passerby were also hit by stray bullets”.
“It is however disheartening that the rumour peddlers who are out to achieve no good did not confirm the story before spreading this falsehood as the victims involved in this failed robbery are from Yoruba, Igbo and Northern extraction, she said.
Odunlami noted that investigation has since commenced and effort is ongoing to arrest the assailants.
“On this note, the Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, CP Oyeyemi Adesoye Oyediran, psc, fsi, urged the people of the state to remain calm and disregard the fake news, as the rumour mongers are out to stir unnecessary chaos and disrupt the peace of the State”.
She warned the peddlers of fake news to desist as the Command will not fold its arms and let them shatter the peace being enjoyed in the State.
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