We’ll Take Legal Action Against Those Behind Photoshopped Image, Says Lagos CP

Imohimi Edgal, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, says it
will take legal action against those behind a photoshopped image of
a policeman.

Edgal has also called on the general public to disregard the
picture of a policeman bearing a banner on which was inscribed:
‘IS NOT OUR DUTY TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM. WE ARE NOT TRAINED
TO’.

In a statement by Chike Oti, the Lagos State Police Command
Public Relations Officer (PRO), the command said it is the
handiwork of mischief makers to discredit the Force.

He said the picture is that if CSP Yusuf Ajape, who was
photographed during the change-begins-with-me campaign.

In the original picture, the said officer had a placard with an
inscription that read: ‘Bail is Free’.

The Command said it “finds it bewildering”.

The statement continued: “What gain is there for those behind
the removal of the original message which was ‘BAIL IS FREE’, and
replacing it with a message that is clearly aimed at demoralising
our gallant policemen combating the insurgents in the North-Eastern
part of the country?

“Based on the development, the CP has activated the ICT
department of the Command to, in collaboration with relevant
bodies, fish out the people behind the misinformation for
appropriate legal action.”

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