Security Alert! No Cause Of Alarm In Delta State, Says Police Commissioner As Residents Panic Over Army Medical Outreach In Schools

Delta Police Commissioner, Mr. Ibrahim Zanna

The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Mr Ibrahim Zanna has assured residents of the state of the safety of their children and wards following apprehension over rumours of forceful vaccination of pupils by some soldiers, a development which led to state wide rush by parents to withdraw their children from schools in the early hours of Wednesday.

BigPen Online learnt which earlier reported that the Delta state government had allayed fear of alleged forceful vaccination in the state, was told that schools in neighbouring Anambra State, where the rumour emanated from were also shut down following rumour that some soldiers were seen trying to conduct medical exercise at St Patrick primary school in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Delta state. CP Zanna M. Ibrahim in a statement on Wednesday said that there is no cause for alarm whatsoever in the state as Delta is safe, calm and secure.

The statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Andrew Aniamaka stated that the Commissioner of Police gave the assurance against the backdrop of false rumours going round that security agencies were engaged in forceful vaccination/ injection of school children with suspected substances in neighbouring Anambra State, and are likely to come to schools in Delta State to do so.

The CP, while reiterating that the rumour is spurious and orchestrated by mischievous elements whose sole aim is to cause unnecessary panic in an otherwise very peaceful and orderly state, calls on Deltans to disregard the rumours and go about their lawful businesses and assures them that the Command will continually do all within its power to ensure their safety and security at all times.

BigPen Online learnt that the medical outreach by the Nigerian Army was part of its ongoing “Exercise Crocodile Smile II” in the South South and South East geopolitical zone of the country.

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