Viral Video of IGP Idris Was Doctored – Police

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, a footage emerged on social media in which Idris repeated the words ‘transmission’ and ‘transfusion’; while fumbling and mangling the rest of a prepared speech.

According to reports, the event took place in Kano on Monday, May 14, 2018, where the IGP had gone to commission the Force Technical Intelligence Unit.

However, DSC Aliyu Giwa who is the Assistant Force PPRO (Police Public Relations Officer), Annex, Force Headquarters, Obalende, Lagos said that the entire video is a lie.

‘Clearly an edited video’

“The video was manipulated”, Giwa said. “It was clearly an edited video. They just want to use it against the police. It’s apparently an edited video”, he added for emphasis.

Giwa said the video went through several edits and was commissioned to be unleashed online as part of a grand scheme by unnamed political detractors, who want to get back at IGP Idris.

“This is a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of the police. The IGP has been speaking at several fora and he’s been speaking well. Why should this occasion be any different? Why should people use this video as a yardstick to judge a man who speaks fluently normally? Haba!

“Go and watch other videos of the IGP speaking fluently at different functions”, Giwa said.