The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani has declared a viral video clip on repeated kidnapping on Enugu-Ugwogo highway as untrue, unfounded and misleading.
CP Ammani refuted the message in a press release signed by the Command’s Public Relations officer- DSP Daniel Ndukwe.
“The Enugu State Police 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, hoodlums kidnapped three times yesterday. The first was by 12pm, 2pm and 6pm.”
“This was similarly published in some news blogs and webpages with the title:- Kidnappers conduct marathon operations at Nsukka-Ugwogo-Nike-Enugu Road.”
“The Command, therefore, wishes to state categorically that the video, with the accompanying message and the news publications, are not only untrue, but highly unfounded and misleading.”
“This is because there was no such serial or repeated 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 further revealed, “Forensic analysis of the video indicates that such incidence did not happen anywhere in the country, let alone 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.”
Acknowledging recent occurrence of acts of abduction/kidnapping at some locations of the said road, the Command remanded that sensationalizing and blowing the situation out of proportion, as intended by peddlers of the video clip and the publication, is not in the best interest of the security and safety of the people.
Reiterating the Command’s commitment in curbing crime, the Commissioner states, “Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the massive deployment of the Command’s policing resources to the said location and other of such locations, to sustain onslaught against criminal elements.”
The CP also calls on citizens of the State, especially those at locations where acts of abduction/kidnapping and other criminality are perpetrated, to assist the Command with credible information and intelligence required to tackle the situations headlong by reporting at the nearest Police Station or call the Command’s emergency hotlines on: 08032003702, 08075380883, 08086671202 or 08098880172, or send email to infoenugupolice@gmail.com
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