Police speak on alleged kidnap of three pupils in Ogun

<p>The Ogun State police command has reacted to a report that three pupils were kidnapped from Salawu Abiola Comprehensive High School, Abeokuta.</p>, <p>The command denied the report which it said was being circulated online in the wake of Friday, September 29, 2023.</p>, <p>The police said that the online report that “three pupils of Salawu Abiola Comprehensive High School, Abeokuta were kidnapped” was circulated “without first getting clarifications from the Command.”</p>, <p>According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Omolola Odutola, “the Command hereby reiterates that the report is misleading and capable of creating a state of panic and false alarm when nothing of such happened.”</p>, <p>The Command confirmed that the alleged case of kidnapping “is false and should be disregarded.”</p>, <p>According to Odutola, the Divisional Police Officer In Odeda had conducted an investigation in collaboration with the two Principals of the said school – Olapade K. O. of Senior School and Bankole T. A. of Junior School.</p>, <p>“The parents of the pupils were contacted, and none of them reported any case of kidnapping to the school authorities,” Odutola disclosed.</p>, <p>She quoted the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Abiodun Alamutu, as having assured the public that “security measures have been reinforced across the State.”</p>, <p>Alamutu encouraged residents to carry on with their daily routines without any fear or risk to themselves or their properties.</p>