There was panic in Ofatedo community, Osun State, on Friday, following insinuation that some bandits had stormed a school in the town to kidnap pupils. The source of the alarm was not known, but as the news spread to other parts of the community, many parents rushed to schools to take their children. The PUNCH gathered that a resident had raised the alarm that suspected bandits had pasted a notice on the wall of a private school in Ofatedo, saying they would soon attack the school and kidnap pupils. But while reacting to the incident, the spokesperson of Pain Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, told our correspondent that “it was a false alarm. Residents told us that the person that raised the alarm late ran away.

Source: Punch July 02, 2021 11:37 UTC