The Enugu State Police Command has dismissed as untrue and fake, the video clip showing youths of Oduma Community in Aninri Local Government Area of the state purportedly chasing herdsmen away from the community.
This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, on Thursday in.
He said that the false and misleading social media video was captioned, “Enugu Youths Chase Out Herdsmen and Their Cows Back to North.
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Amaraizu said that the false video clip was an attempt by mischief makers to cause disaffection and disunity as well as promote hatred among the people.
The command insisted that no such incident took place or was recorded by it in any of the communities in the state as painstaking inquiries had been conducted.
“The Command further wishes to inform members of the public that the purported video clip is the same video that was earlier circulated alleging the same incident at Nenwe in Aninri council area which is a nearby community to Oduma community” he said.
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