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The Oyo State Police command has denied an alleged invasion of suspected herdsmen in a Community Secondary School in Alaropo Nla in Orire Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.

Reports of an alleged invasion of a school farm by suspected herdsmen with their cattle had broken out on Thursday morning. The news claimed some of the school teachers and students who wanted to prevent their cattle from grazing were injured.

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According to a source who broke the news, the school had just rounded up the morning devotion and students were prepared to head for their classrooms when the herdsmen stormed the school farm with their cows grazing mindlessly on crops.

He added that efforts made by the students and the teachers to drive away the herdsmen were met with brutal resistance.

Issuing a statement to debunk the story, the state’s police spokesman, SP Adewale Osifeso said that nothing happened in the school and that contrary to the earlier story, nobody was injured as alleged.

He mention that the herdsmen were peacefully grazing their cattle outside the vicinity of the school and people began to raise false alarm.

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He said the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adebowale Williams had sent the Divisional Police Officer in the area to the place, who confirmed the incident did not happen and the area was peaceful and calm.

Osifeso maintained that there was peace in the area and the state still enjoyed the peace witnessed during the recently concluded 2023 General elections.

He urged the media and public to always scrutinize their source of news in order not to create unnecessary fear in the society.

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