Nigeria, June 4 -- The Oyo State Police Command has dismissed a claim circulating on social media that the schoolchildren and teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota communities in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State had been rescued.

When contacted by PREMIUM TIMES on phone on Thursday, the state Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Olayinka Ayanlade, described the claim as false.

"It is unfounded, it is untrue, and it is false," Mr Ayanlade said.

The claim circulated widely through a now deleted Facebook post attributed to Tope Fasua, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Economic Affairs. The post alleged that all abducted pupils and teachers had been freed in a joint security operation involving the military, po...