SaharaReporters learnt that the incident occurred at Ijeru Baptist Basic School I and III following reports circulating within the area that armed bandits had allegedly invaded communities around the Ajawa axis.
Panic erupted in a community in Oyo State on Tuesday after frightened parents reportedly stormed a primary school and forcefully withdrew their children over rumours of an ongoing bandit attack in a nearby community.
SaharaReporters learnt that the incident occurred at Ijeru Baptist Basic School I and III following reports circulating within the area that armed bandits had allegedly invaded communities around the Ajawa axis.
A video and photographs obtained by SaharaReporters captured chaotic scenes as anxious parents rushed into the school premises, forcing open the gates and hurriedly taking away their children amid fear and confusion.
A community source who witnessed the incident told SaharaReporters that the panic stemmed from unverified claims linking the nearby violence to suspected bandit activity.
