No herdsmen attack on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway –Police

The Ogun State Police Command has refuted the alleged attack by herdsmen on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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The disputed information had trended on the social media all day on Wednesday.
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The Police also asked members of the public to disregard a purported anonymous security alert letter allegedly written by nameless student group urging students and the public not to use the route.
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The faceless group was said to have also posted a simulated voice recording on social media in which some people cried and pleaded with their alleged attackers not to kill them.
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The police said the picture attached to the post was that of an accident which occurred about eight years ago, precisely on the 31st of July 2010; while the purported voice recording was stage-managed.
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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the Command responded in order to allay the fear of the public and to proffer authentic security situation on the axis.
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He said, “There is no attack by herdsmen or any other group in all the stretch of expressways across and within Ogun State.
_ “We make bold to say that the alleged attack being posted on social media is a lie.
_ “The picture attached to the post is that of an accident which occurred about eight years ago, exactly on the 31st of July 2010, while the purported voice recording was a stage-managed.”
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Oyeyemi said the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was one of the busiest roads in Nigeria, and the Command was not oblivious of that fact, and had always provided adequate security arrangement along that corridor.
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He, however, advised that any suspicious movement or gathering should be reported to the police and other sister security agencies, as quickly as possible.