The Lagos state Commissioner of Police (CP), Idowu Owohunwa, has warned fake news purveyors and mischief-makers circulating malicious, inciting provocative and seditious contents in the social media with intent to cause panic, disharmony and unrest within Lagos state to desist from doing so.
The warning was contained in a statement made available Monday by the police spokesperson, Superintendent of Police, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who said the command is unaware of malicious, inciting, provocative and seditious contents being circulated all over the social media with intent to cause panic, disharmony and unrest within Lagos state.
He said the command has begun investigating this scaremongering with a view to apprehending and prosecuting those found culpable, the good people and residents of Lagos state are called upon to disregard all forms of messages, especially on social media depicting fictitious, fallacious and preposterous claims aimed at jeopardizing the peace currently being enjoyed in the state.
“As the second phase of elections approach, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos state command, CP Owohunwa, once again assures the electorate that the command has fully deployed its human and operational resources in conjunction with sister security agencies to ensure free, fair and credible elections,” Hundeyin said.
