The Ogun State Police Command has allayed fears in Ajebo, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, after a viral video alleged that herdsmen were preparing to attack the community.
Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Ogunlowo, immediately deployed a tactical team led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) to the area to confirm the report.
The joint operation, which included the Amotekun Corps, So-Safe Corps, local hunters, the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, conducted an intelligence-led sweep of Ajebo and its surrounding settlements.
According to the police, the Fulani settlers seen in the video are long-established residents living peacefully within the community.
Officers observed women and children in their temporary shelters, with no weapons or suspicious activities detected. The absence of adult men was traced to their routine trading trip to Oyo State.
Security operatives also identified an extended RUGA settlement that has reportedly existed for over a decade.
As part of ongoing clarifications, the police have invited the Kabiyesi, Oba Rueben Oluwole, said to have allocated land to the settlers, and the Baale of Alapako, where another cluster of huts was found, for meetings with the Commissioner of Police.
The joint security team is maintaining surveillance in the forest area about 10 kilometres from the main community, though authorities stress this is purely precautionary.
The Ogun State Police Command urged residents to remain calm and avoid circulating unverified information capable of causing fear or tension, assuring that robust intelligence and security measures are fully in place.