Man nabbed for fake news on school children’s abduction

By Faheem Lawal
The Edo State Police Command has arrested   Ernest Ugbomoiko, 42, of Afuze Community, for   circulating false information that bandits had abducted school children in parts of Edo State, including Afuze, Ehor, Otuo, Agbede, and Igueben.
The Command   in a statement signed by the Edo state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, said   that school children were not   kidnapped in the   state.
The Commissioner of Police(CP) Monday Agbonika, reassured the public that the deployment of security personnel to schools and other vulnerable locations across the state was not in response to the false report, but part of proactive policing strategies that ha...