Following its receipt of a viral video, with female voices alleging, in a mixture of Igbo and English languages, that in the afternoon hours of Friday, helicopters dropped unknown persons, numbering about 100, on the top of Ugwu-ajali hill, bordering Ologo, Jamboree and Coal Camp areas of Enugu; the State Police Command informed residents of the said locations and the entire state to disregard the information.
The police said it was a “clearly doctored video and information therein is fake and purely a product of the mongers’ figment of imagination and disinformation, aimed at misleading and creating panic and confusion amongst law-abiding citizens of the state.”
This was made known in a statement by the state’s police spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, and obtained on Sunday.
The Command noted that being mindful of the negative impacts of disinformation on public peace, security and safety in this age, it was calling on residents to totally “disregard the unfounded and fake video, as there is no record of such incident in the mentioned locations or any other part of the state.”
“The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the conduct of intelligence-guided discreet investigation to fish out the creators and peddlers of the video, while reiterating the Command’s unwavering commitment to ensure maximum public security and safety of citizens of the state.
“The Commissioner further calls on residents of the state to always remain law-abiding, vigilant and endeavour to analyse and/or verify tensive and misleading social media information,” it added.
The CP also enjoined residents to continue to promptly report criminals and acts of criminality to the nearest police station or by calling the Command’s hotlines on: 08032003702, 08075390883 or 08086671202. Or alternatively, by sending emails to infoenugupolice@gmail.com.
