TheCable

The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Command has debunked reports that 10 pupils of a primary school were kidnapped in Lagos today by Boko Haram.

Speaking with journalists at Premier College Group of Schools, Palm Avenue, Mushin, where the sect members were rumoured to have struck, Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Ngozi Braide, stated that no act of terrorism was recorded anywhere in Lagos State.

“It is a lie that the terrorists invaded Premier College to abduct students,” Braide said.

“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.”

Also speaking, Executive Director of the college, Mr Abraham Martins described the rumours as false and baseless.

“The rumour is false and peddled by unscrupulous elements in the society who are just trying to destroy the image of the school,” Martins said.

“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.”

Martins assured the public of “effective security” for the students of the college, and urged the Police to investigate the source of the rumour.