Bala Ciroma FCT PoliceCommissioner
Bala Ciroma FCT PoliceCommissioner
The FCT Police Command is calling on the public to disregard the
video being circulated on the social media of an attack on the
South African embassy in Abuja. It is pertinent to state that there
was no recorded of such an incident in any of the Federal Capital
Territory.
2. The Command, therefore, wishes to reassure the public that it
has put in place adequate security measures to protect lives and
property across FCT, including Embassies.
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FG Debunks Explosion Report at South-African High Commission
The Federal Government has debunked the report being circulated
on the social media of a bomb explosion at the South African High
Commission in Abuja on Saturday, calling the report fake news
orchestrated by the desperate opposition to cause panic and chaos
among the populace.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the video of the
purported bomb explosion, which is being circulated on the social
media, is that of the bomb explosion at Emab Plaza, near Banex, in
Abuja on June 25 2014.
The Minister said it is now apparent that the desperate
opposition has decided to use fake news and disinformation as handy
tools in their avowed determination to make Nigeria ungovernable,
having lost woefully at the polls.
”A pattern is emerging of the antics of the desperate opposition
to latch on to the use of fake news and disinformation as a
strategy to trigger chaos in the country. On Friday (6 Sept 2019),
they doctored and circulated the video of my appearance on Channels
Television in
January 2015 (when I was the spokesman of the APC) to make it look
like I was begging Nigerians to forgive President Buhari for not
having a school certificate. Worse still, they posted the video
afresh, giving the impression it happened last Thursday and that I
acted in my capacity as Minister of Information and Culture.
”Unfortunately for them, this doctored video came out on the
same day a report emerged that the PDP had sent lawyers and party
agents to the University of Cambridge to confirm the authenticity
of the President’s West African school certificate, only to be
stunned to discover that not only did the President write the
examination, he also passed.
”One would have expected a party that trumpets its belief in the
rule of law, a party that challenged the result of the last
presidential election in court, to wait patiently for the impending
judgement on the issue instead of engaging in underhand tactics and
resorting to self help,” he said.
Alhaji Mohammed appealed to Nigerians to be very discerning at
this time, and to check the veracity of any information they
receive.
”This is just the beginning. Nigerians should expect an
explosion of fake news and disinformation in the days and weeks
ahead. This is because the desperation of this opposition is
alarming. But their strategy will fail, just like every other
dubious strategy that they have been employing in their desperate
bid to grab power,” he said.
The Minister warned those behind the orchestrated fake news and
disinformation campaign to stop forthwith or be made to face the
music.
Segun Adeyemi
SA To Hon Minister of Information and Culture
Abuja