Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo. Photo Credit: Kwara State Police Command
The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed reports circulating on social media alleging that suspected Boko Haram members were arrested within Ilorin metropolis, describing the claim as false and misleading.
The command said the report could generate unnecessary panic and tension among residents of the state.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Command’s spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, a copy of which was made available to The PUNCH in Ilorin, the police clarified that no Boko Haram suspect had been arrested anywhere in Kwara State.
The statement read, “The Kwara State Police Command wishes to categorically debunk the false and misleading information currently circulating on social media alleging that operatives of the Command arrested a group of Boko Haram suspects within Ilorin metropolis.
