Oyo Police Arrest Local Pastor and Woman for Fabricating Fake Viral Voice Note Alleging Bandit Massacre of Six Persons in Ido Community

The Oyo State Police Command has executed a swift technical breakdown of a dangerous disinformation campaign, arresting a local clergyman and a female accomplice for allegedly manufacturing a fake viral security report. The coordinated fabrication, which claimed that a syndicate of armed bandits had invaded a rural community and slaughtered six residents, threw several neighborhoods into intense panic before intelligence teams exposed the fraud.

The suspects, identified by security files as Pastor Amos Joel Muyiwa and one Mulikat Bashiru, were cornered by operatives attached to the State Intelligence Department (SID). Their track down follows the explosive spread of an audio voice note across regional WhatsApp groups and social media platforms, which falsely detailed a bloody insurgent raid on Lamini Community, located within the Ido Local Government Area of the state.

The alarming broadcast immediately created massive friction across the state’s security layout. Desperate to protect the area, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, activated an immediate response protocol, mobilizing heavily armed tactical formations and local surveillance teams to the reported kill zones. However, an exhaustive field assessment and direct engagement with village elders quickly unzipped the truth: the entire narrative was a complete fiction.

“Our intelligence-driven investigation, heavily supported by forensic data analysis, traced the incriminating audio asset straight to Pastor Amos Muyiwa,” State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed in a briefing at the Command Headquarters in Ibadan. “During interrogation, the suspect admitted to authoring and circulating the recording without making any attempt to verify its authenticity. Further tracking revealed that the baseline lie was originally generated by Mulikat Bashiru, who raised the unfounded alarm within the community before it was weaponized digitally.”

The dangerous prank unfolded against a backdrop of heightened regional anxiety, coming just weeks after real-world security fractures in neighboring local governments had put communities on a high alert footing. Investigators noted that while both suspects are currently cooperating in the cell trenches to reveal if external political actors bankrolled the script, the command will treat the offense as a severe threat to public order.

CP Olugbenga has issued a strict warning directive to bloggers, religious figures, and internet users across the state, emphasizing that fabricating or sharing unverified security data is an offense that carries immediate prosecution timelines. The police high command noted that such reckless actions not only exhaust critical state logistics and divert vital physical assets away from real operational grids, but they also create deep psychological trauma for ordinary citizens. Reaffirming that an extensive security shield remains tightly locked over the Ido axis, the command urged residents to ignore the recycled panic manual and report suspicious activities exclusively through official emergency communication portals.