A Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, who is believed to
have posted the viral video showing the Inspector General of Police,
Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at a public event in Kano,
has gone into hiding.
Punch reports that the Kano State Police Command invited the reporter to its office immediately the video went viral.
The video, shows the IG struggling to read his speech at the
inauguration of the Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano, Kano
State on Monday.
Nurudeen’s whereabouts had been unknown since the Kano State Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Musa Magaji Majiya, invited him on
Thursday.
Authorities are upset with the journalist because he had allegedly
disobeyed a directive by the Kano State Police Command to journalists
present at the event not to report the IG’s blunder or make the video
public.
The viral video showed the IG delivering an incoherent speech, which had since exposed him to public ridicule.
In a part of the transcription of the footage, Idris said, “I mean,
transmission, I mean effort, that the transmission cooperation to
transmission, I mean transmission to have effect, ehm, apprehend, I
mean, apprehensive towards the recommendation, recommended formation
effective and effect, I mean, apprehensive at the transmission of…and
transmission and transmission for the effective in the police command.”
Voice of Liberty had posted the video on Wednesday. It was gathered
on Friday that the IG was embarrassed by the trending video and had
ordered an investigation into its release.
In a chat with Punch, a source said, “He (the IGP) has however
ordered an investigation into the leakage of the video but we are
watching to see how he intends to deal with the individuals behind the
viral video without further embarrassing himself and the force”.
Also, detectives are allegedly using the police technical platform to track the original source of the video on social media.
Bloggers that posted the video might be interrogated by the police
for allegedly, “peddling a doctored video meant to cast the IG in bad
light and embarrass the police leadership.”
Idris, in an interactive media chat on the police Twitter handle,
Nigerian Police @PoliceNG #Askthepolice, had also told Nigerians that
the video was doctored.
“Yes, it was doctored,” he said in response to a question from a Twitter user.
The presidency has also reacted to the video.