The Ogun State Police Command has denied that its men had arrested some members of Boko Haram Sect in Akute area of the State.

The Command’s spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, on Tuesday, said that the people challenged by members of the public at Akute area were actually students of Franciscal Friars of the Emaculate Seminary School Sagamu Ogun State who came on a visit to a friend at Kayode Afolabi Close, Mubarak Estate Akute,Ogun State, before a distress call was put across to the Divisional Police Officer in Charge of Ajuwon Division.

The intending catholic priests were in their normal white robes with beards which gingered up the suspicion of some people, thereby taking them for Boko Haram Sect members.

They were taken to the Police Divisional Office for interrogation where their identities were confirmed.

The leaders and representatives of the said seminary school in Sagamu and the Catholic Priest in Akute as well as the host of the students have come to the Police Division in Ajuwon to identify them as their catholic members who are actually on training in the school in Sagamu, the PPRO, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said.

“The information being peddled around is not true; and the command therefore appeals to the general public to always clarify issues before spreading wrong and unconfirmed information via all available means, particularly sensitive issues on security,” he stressed.

He added that the Commissioner of Police in the State, Ikemefuna Okoye, has assured the good people of Ogun State adequate protection of lives and property.