The Bauchi State Police Command on Saturday refuted the rumour making the round on social media that the residence of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, was attacked and vandalised. <\/p>\n
The police described the viral video of the attack as \u201cfabricated and false\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, debunked the rumour in a statement on Saturday. <\/p>\n
He said \u201cSuch an incident never occurred in the state as the report is fake and should be disregarded by Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Wakil, a Superintendent of Police (SP), \u201cThe attention of the Bauchi State Police Command has been drawn to a viral video making rounds in sections of the media purporting that the residence of the chairman Independent National Electoral Commission. (INEC) was attacked in Bauchi by some \u201cangry Nigerian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wish to clarify that such an incident never occurred in the state as the report is fake and should be disregarded by Nigerians.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing mindful of the negative impacts of disinformation on public peace and security, particularly during the post-election period, the Commissioner of police CP Aminu Alhassan psc (+) has immediately ordered a discreet investigation to unravel the origin of the viral video and to bring anyone found behind the fabrication of the video to face the wrath of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the sake of emphasis, the command wishes to unequivocally states that there was no attack of any nature on the residence of the INEC Chairman and in Bauchi in general.\u201d<\/p>\n
While enjoining the public not to panic and disregard the viral video, the police spokesman warned rumour mongers and social media users to jettison the habit of either \u201cfabricating or feasting on fake news and eschew such unprofessional conduct of journalism and society at large\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bauchi State Police Command on Saturday refuted the rumour making the round on social media that the residence of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, was attacked and vandalised. The police described the viral video of the attack as \u201cfabricated and false\u201d. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":251578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[70,802,9405,27],"class_list":["post-257984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-attack","tag-bauchi","tag-inec-chairman","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"\n