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VIRAL INCENDIARY VIDEOS: POLICE COMMENCE INVESTIGATION,URGE ELECTORATE TO IGNORE VIDEOS AS ADEQUATE SECURITY HAS BEEN EMPLACED. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE



 VIRAL INCENDIARY VIDEOS: POLICE


COMMENCE INVESTIGATION


-Urge electorate to ignore videos as adequate security

has been emplaced


The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP

Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the Cybercrimes Unit of


the Command to commence immediate and


comprehensive investigation into various incendiary and

inciting videos making the rounds on social media in


relation to the 2023 General Elections.


CP Owohunwa, while condemning in the strongest

possible terms the making and sharing of these videos,

has assured Lagosians that the brains and motives behind

the videos will be unmasked and those found culpable

dealt with in accordarnce with the Cybercrimes Prohibition

and Prevention Act 2015. He equally assures that the

outcome of the investigation will be made public in the

interest of transparency and public accountability.


Meanwhile, while the investigative process is advancing,

CP Owohunwa urges voters to disregard the videos and

proceed to exercise their franchise as adequate and

improved security has been emplaced at various polling


units and collation centres across the state.


In the same vein, the Command warns all persons

planning on fomenting trouble before, during and after the

elections to steer clear of such or have the full weight of


the law to contend with.



Meanwhile, while the investigative process is advancing,

CP Owohunwa urges voters to disregard the videos and

proceed to exercise their franchise as adequate and

improved security has been emplaced at various polling


units and collation centres across the state.


In the same vein, the Command warns all persons

planning on fomentingtrouble before, during and after the

elections to steer clear of such or have the full weightof


the law to contend with.


Members of the public can promptly reach the Police on

any of the following numbers to report any infraction

relating to the security of the electoral process:


08127155132, 08065154338, 08063299264,


08039344870.


SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra,


Police Public Relations Officer


For: Commissioner of Police,


Lagos State Command,

Ikeja-Lagos.


March 17, 2023.

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