The video showed that “the first kidnapping incident took place around noon, another at 2 p.m., and another at 6 p.m..”
The command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu that the footage is highly misleading
According to him, there was no such serial incident of kidnapping on the same day as reported, or shooting and chaotic incident as relayed in the video, at the mentioned location or any other part of the state.
“The Command is in receipt of a viral video clip depicting gunshots and people running in a forest, with the accompanying message that
“Enugu-Ugwogo is not safe now, Yesterday (June 23), hoodlums were kidnapped three times.
“As a matter of fact, forensic analysis of the video indicates that it did not happen anywhere in the country, let alone in Enugu State.
“In the same vein, the command sees the unverified and unfounded report of repeated kidnapping incidents on the same day as a misleading and mischievous act of misinformation aimed at creating panic in the state.”
The spokesman said nonetheless, the command acknowledges the recent reoccurrence of acts of kidnapping at some locations of the said road but wished to clearly state that sensationalising and blowing the situation out of proportion was wicked.
He said that those peddling the fake video clip and the publication were not doing so in the best interest of the security and safety of the state and its people.
Ndukwe said, “The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the massive deployment of the Command’s policing resources to the said location and other locations, for the sustained onslaught against criminal elements.
“He reiterates the unwavering commitment of the command to contain such acts of crime and criminality in the state and to bring their perpetrators to book.
“The commissioner, therefore, enjoins citizens of the state, especially those in locations where acts of kidnapping and other criminality are perpetrated, to assist the command with credible information and intelligence required to tackle the situations headlong.”
