The Police Command in
Enugu State have refuted the video clip showing youths of Oduma Community in
Aninri Local Government Area of the state chasing herdsmen away from the
community.
The Public Relations
Officer in the state, SP Ebere Amaraizu, stated this in a statement and made
available to News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Thursday.
He said that the
false and misleading social media video was captioned, “Enugu Youths Chase Out
Herdsmen and Their Cows Back to North’’.
The police spokesman
said that the false video clip was an attempt by mischief makers to cause
disaffection and disunity as well as promote hatred among the people.
The command said no
such incident took place or was recorded by it in any of the communities in the
state as painstaking inquiries had been conducted.
“The Command further
wishes to inform members of the public that the purported video clip is the
same video that was earlier circulated alleging the same incident at Nenwe in
Aninri council area which is a nearby community to Oduma community.
“The Command,
however, view the video clip as an attempt to cause disaffection, disunity and
promote hatred among people of various ethnic backgrounds.
“The video clip in
circulation is the handiwork of mischief makers who want to portray the
law-abiding youths of the said Enugu community and the entire state in a bad
light.
“To this end, the
Command has enjoined law-abiding members of the public to disregard the
mischievous video clip in circulation and go about their normal lawful
businesses without fear or intimidation,’’ the police spokesman said.
He said that the
state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Suleiman Balarabe, had directed the police
operatives to fish out those in the habit of circulating fake, misleading and
concocted video clip aimed at promoting disunity.
Source: Punchng
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