By BASHIR ADEFAKA
Although the spate of fake news spread in Nigeria appears to have dropped as more Nigerians are said to be getting aware of the antics, there has been yet another of such but which is swiftly unveiled and debunked by the Kaduna State Police Command.
In a statement obtained by The DEFENDER, signed by the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muhammad Jalige, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, the report that “Kaduna State Deputy Commissioner of Police went to give firearms to kidnappers; unfortunately he was arrested with them” was dismissed as fake news.
“The attention of the Kaduna State Police Command has been drawn to a fake news making round on social media tagged “Kaduna State Deputy Commissioner of Police went to give firearms to kidnappers; unfortunately he was arrested with them”.
“The Command wishes to categorically state that the image in circulation is not that of any Police Officer in Kaduna Command or anywhere in Nigeria. The image with camouflage uniform wearing the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police is one Kinsley Udoyem who was arrested and paraded by Akwa-Ibom Police Command on the 2nd January, 2019 for the offence of impersonating a Police Officer.
“Therefore, the image in circulation is not in any way connected to a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Kaduna as portrayed in the report. The Command is using this opportunity to advise members of the public to disregard and discontinue with the circulation of the unfounded image as there is no iota of truth in it.
“It is on the above premise that the Kaduna Command is calling on the general public particularly social media users to be positive while circulating unsubstantiated content in the public domain as it is capable of truncating the cordial relationship between the Kaduna Police Command and members of the civil populace,” Jalige said in the statement.
