The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed a threat notice allegedly pasted at a school gate claiming that bandits were planning to attack and abduct schoolchildren.
The command assured parents and residents that there is no verified intelligence indicating any imminent threat of such an attack within the state.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, the command explained that while every security concern is treated with the utmost seriousness, members of the public should remain calm and avoid panic.
“Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, has directed an immediate assessment of the situation and ordered watertight security across the affected area and other strategic locations within the state. Police personnel, in collaboration with other security agencies, have been deployed to ensure the safety of schools, critical infrastructure, and communities.
“The CP warned that any individual or group found engaging in acts capable of causing fear, panic, or insecurity will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the law. He stressed that the command will not tolerate any attempt by miscreants, bandits, or kidnappers to threaten the peace and safety of residents.”
Residents were urged to remain vigilant and report suspicious persons, objects, movements, or activities to the nearest police station.
IGP demands unified front against human trafficking, terrorism, cybercrime
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has called on West African nations to forge a unified front against transnational crime, warning that human trafficking syndicates, arms dealers, drug networks, cyber fraudsters, and violent extremist groups share one defining characteristic — operating without regard for national borders.
The IGP made the call yesterday when he presided over the 11th Meeting of Heads of INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs) for West Africa at Johnwood Hotel, Abuja, bringing together NCB heads from 16 West African nations alongside senior representatives of the INTERPOL General Secretariat and regional security bodies.
According to the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Anthony Placid, IGP Disu stressed that the region’s success depends not on the efforts of any single country, but on the speed and quality of partnerships forged across all 16 member states.
On Nigeria’s part, the IGP disclosed concrete steps already underway, including extending INTERPOL’s I-24/7 secure communications network to border control points and law enforcement institutions nationwide, ensuring officers at land crossings have the same real-time access to critical intelligence as those at headquarters.
He reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to Project GEMINI — the systematic uploading and verification of INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database — and pointed to the West African Police Information System as evidence of what regional data integration can achieve.
He committed Nigeria to three priorities: ensuring universal access to INTERPOL’s key databases across West African border architecture; building coordination mechanisms that enable joint action within hours rather than weeks; and investing in trust and transparency among NCBs to make meaningful information sharing possible. He warned that without trust, even the most sophisticated systems would fall short.
The leader of the INTERPOL delegation challenged participants to leave not with intentions alone but with measurable commitments, urging a shift from reacting to crime after the fact to anticipating and disrupting it before harm is done.
