…Says declare false, deceptive
The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Ahmed Sanusi, has ordered a forensic evaluation of a video making the rounds within the social media and alleging there was a terrorist assault in FCT.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Josephine Adeh, made this know in a press assertion in Abuja.
“The eye of the Commissioner of Police FCT Police Command, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi PhD., fcai., has been drawn to a false and misleading viral video circulating on-line alleging that terrorists are advancing on Abuja, with gunshots reportedly “raining closely” inside the Federal Capital Territory.
“The FCT Police Command needs to categorically state that the declare is fake, deceptive, and intentionally designed to incite panic and misinform members of the general public.
“Opposite to the claims contained within the video and its accompanying narrative, there is no such thing as a document of any such assault or safety breach inside Abuja or any a part of the FCT. Preliminary findings point out that the gunshot sounds heard within the video have been edited from an unrelated supply and superimposed on footage of an unidentified location displaying buildings beneath building, with no verifiable hyperlink to the Federal Capital Territory.
“The Commissioner of Police has ordered an in depth forensic investigation of the video’s digital path to determine and apprehend its originator for potential prosecution beneath extant legal guidelines.
“The Command strongly cautions content material creators in opposition to the dissemination of false content material able to inflicting worry, panic, and public dysfunction.
“The FCT Police Command stays dedicated to making sure the protection and safety of all residents and sustaining public confidence by correct and well timed info.
“Members of the general public are suggested to disregard and chorus from sharing such false content material as they’re created to trigger panic within the minds of FCT residents for their very own mischievous intentions,” the assertion learn.