Police refute report of alleged terror group working in Kwara

Kwara State Police Command has refuted alleged emergence of a terror group named ‘Mahmuda’ inside Kaiama and Baruten Native Authorities Areas of the state.

The command additionally categorically dismissed the declare that 15 vigilantes have been killed by the phobia group, describing it as false and devoid of any factual foundation.

A press release by the spokesperson of the command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in Ilorin on Saturday, stated, “Our complete and steady risk assessments, intelligence surveillance, and tactical reconnaissance operations in these areas have yielded no proof of rebel exercise, coordinated terrorist formations, or mass casualty incidents as described.

“The declare of 15 vigilantes being killed is fully false and devoid of any factual foundation.

“We want to guarantee the general public that every one safety formations inside Kwara state stay proactive and are strategically deployed beneath a multi-agency operational framework involving the Nigeria Police Pressure in collaboration with different sister safety businesses.

“No breach of inner safety has been reported or noticed within the aforementioned communities. Moreover, our neighborhood engagement buildings, together with Vigilante Commanders and District Heads, haven’t relayed any such incidents, which confirms this publication to be deceptive and inciting.”

“Whereas we acknowledge the risky nature of cross-border actions across the Kainji Lake Nationwide Park, the Kwara state police command has maintained efficient situational management throughout all border communities.

“We urge members of the general public and media shops to chorus from spreading unverified info able to producing pointless panic.

“The Kwara Police Command beneath the management of CP Adekimi Ojo, stays dedicated to safeguarding lives and property and encourages residents to report any suspicious exercise by official channels for immediate response,” the assertion added.