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By Ude Ogbonnaya Israel, Bauchi
The Nigeria Police Force Bauchi State Command has dismissed as fake, the rumours of the viral video making waves that the residence of Professor Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman was attacked by hoodlums.
Debunking the claim in a press release made available to newsmen in Bauchi on Saturday the Police Public Relation Officer of the Command SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil said it is untrue.
The release read in part: “The attention of the Bauchi State Police Command has been drawn to a viral video making the rounds in the media that the Bauchi residence of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was attacked by hoodlums, on Saturday.
“We categorically wish to state that the video and its content is entirely fake, as no such event occurred within or around Bauchi metropolis, earlier today”, it added.
According to the release, the State Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, having recognised “the negative impacts of disinformation on public peace, and security, particularly in this our post-election period, has already ordered a discreet investigation to unravel the origin of the video, with a view to ensuring that the fabricator of the viral clip face the full wrath of the law”.
It reiterates that there was no attack of any nature on the residence of the INEC Chairman in Bauchi and as such, the general public should not panic, but disregard the fake video and its malicious content.
