Police Debunk Alleged False School Attack In Enugu

Enugu State Police Command has described as false and misleading report circulating on social media, alleging that armed herdsmen attacked a school in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The Command state’s that no incident of such attack occurred in any school within the Local Government Area or any other part of Enugu State.

This was made public in a statement made available to newsmen by the command’s public relations officer
SP DANIEL NDUKWE,

The spokesperson revealed that On-the-spot security assessments, intelligence gathering, operational actions and discreet investigations gathered by the Command, that no such attack occurred in any school within Ezeagu Local Government Area or elsewhere in Enugu State.

The Command notes with concern that the deliberate fabrication and circulation of such unfounded information, is capable of inciting fear, creating unnecessary panic, according to him, it misleads members of the public, including school administrators, teachers, students, pupils, and parents.

SP Ndukwe concludes that efforts have been intensified to identify, apprehend, and prosecute the individual(s) responsible for originating and disseminating the false report.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus directed the Command’s Tactical and Intelligence Units to intensify efforts to ensure that the originators and peddlers of the false report are arrested and made to face the full weight of the law.

CP Giwa further urges residents to disregard the report and remain calm, law-abiding, and security conscious, while promptly reporting suspicious persons, activities, and other security concerns to the nearest Police Station or any security agency.