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It’s not true! No Igbo was attacked in Kaduna, Police refute fake news
Kaduna State Police Command has debunked the news making the round in some quarters that Igbo indigenes living in the state are being attacked and their properties destroyed.
The alleged attacks were said to have come as a reprisal attack following the recent clash between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Abia and Rivers states.
But Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh, refuted the claim during a joint meeting with Igbo and Yoruba leaders at his office in Kaduna.
He further dismissed inciting pictures and audio messages circulating in the social media on how several Igbos were allegedly killed in the state and their shops destroyed.
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Meanwhile, a police sergeant was reportedly killed in clashes between suspected members of the IPOB and members of the Muslim community in Rivers State.
According to the Rivers State police commissioner, Zaki Ahmed, the dead officer was part of the team deployed to the area in the wake of the crisis. He further said that the attack left scores injured.
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JOHNSON PETER
September 15, 2017 at 1:04 pm
I think there should be strict regulation and monitoring of heralder or harbinger of fake news as well in Nigeria because truly there was no such attack in kaduna
Animashaun Ayodeji
September 15, 2017 at 2:43 pm
As long as the police didn’t deny the attack, it is not fake news. The police said no Igbo was killed, but how did they know no Igbo was killed? Did they verify the identities of the deceaseds ? They didn’t tell us how they established that no Igbo was killed, hence, it is right to say Igbos were attacked, which might have led to the death of one or more Igbos in Kaduna.
yanju omotodun
September 15, 2017 at 2:52 pm
Police said there was no attack of such at all in kaduna, which means neither igbo, Yoruba nor Hausa was killed, it was in Rivers the police confirmed that a police officer died
Abeni Adebisi
September 15, 2017 at 1:25 pm
Then nigeria police will never admit it happened because it will bring shame to the institution.
Anita Kingsley
September 15, 2017 at 2:03 pm
When they’ve failed to protect innocent citizens who lost their live stream during the clash, how will they not deny the report? The police is nothing to write home about, their performance is woeful.
Anita Kingsley
September 15, 2017 at 2:01 pm
There was a attack in Kaduna that left some people dead, what did the police do to avoid the attack before it started at all? Nothing and now they are here saying no Igbo was killed, how will they know?
seyi jelili
September 15, 2017 at 8:43 pm
They through investigation and you are to believe it that way