The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Ayodele Sonubi, on Tuesday, dismissed experiences claiming a state of emergency had been declared within the state.
In a press release issued by the State Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in Ibadan, the command cautioned the general public in opposition to spreading false and unverified info that would undermine the state’s relative peace and stability.
He stated, “The state Police command needs to emphatically refute rumours and deceptive info making the rounds, notably on social media in regards to the dying of about 50 individuals beneath mysterious circumstances and a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency as false and a figment of the writer’s creativeness.
“The command additional warns members of the general public in opposition to the unfold of faux and unverified information able to disrupting the enviable relative tranquillity within the state.
“All law-abiding residents of the state are enjoined to go about their lawful companies with none worry or molestation because the command won’t renege on its statutory duties of defending all lives and property.
“In circumstances of emergency, the command can at all times be reached by these numbers; Oyo State name Response Heart Toll Free Line: 615, command management room traces: 08081768614, 09054133071 & 09061299291.”
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