Police in Lagos on Monday dismissed rumour that suspected cultists killed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Odongunyan, Ikorodu.

The Spokesperson for the state police command, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP), who denied the claim, said the DPO was neither killed nor kidnapped.

Reports filtered on social media Monday morning that the DPO was kidnapped and murdered at the wee hours of the day by cultists celebrating August 8, (Eight-Eight).

The hoodlums caused apprehension among residents of Odogunyan, Ita-Oluwo, Ogijo and environs, forcing them to boycott their places of work.

Some students of the Lagos State Polytechnic located on Odogunyan road also went on rampage, compounding the situation of things in the area.

Meanwhile, operatives of the Ogun State police command were said to have raided the area following cult clashes and arrested several persons.

Confirming the arrest, the acting spokesman for the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said the suspects were being screened.

He added that those discovered to have no links with the unrest will be released.

Oyeyemi, however, refused to give the exact number of persons in police net, insisting they were still being profiled.