Lagos govt dismisses bandit attack rumour, explains school panic

Lagos State Government has appealed for calm following panic in the Ojokoro area of the state over reports of an alleged bandit attack at a school complex, which prompted anxious parents to rush to the premises to check on their children.
Reacting to the incident, the Lagos State Education District I, which supervises 99 public junior and senior secondary schools across the Agege, Alimosho and Ifako-Ijaiye areas, clarified that no case of banditry or kidnapping occurred, describing the situation as a misunderstanding caused by a poorly communicated educational exercise.
According to the district, the incident originated from a weekly co-curricular programme at Ijaiye Ojokoro Junior Co...