The police in Enugu State have dismissed a viral video ordering personnel to “desert the streets, their office, duty posts and remain confined” in their barracks in the state.
The police spokesperson in the state, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
The viral video clip, which surfaced online recently, claimed the order was given by authorities of the police in Enugu State due to rising insecurity in the state.
But Mr Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, described the claim in the viral video clip as “unfounded, false and misleading.”
He said those behind the viral video clip were “mischief makers” seeking to cause panic among residents of the state.
“Consequently, it is important to state, for the avoidance of doubt, that the commissioner of police (in the state) did not at any point issue such orders, directing personnel of the command to abandon their duties and be confined to barracks, as purported and being circulated, neither…
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