The Nigerian Police has described as old video of a mallam escorted by armed policemen to slaughter cow.
A Twitter user, Yemie Fash, shared the video on his handle and tagged the Force spokesperson, Adejobi asking why the man had so many policemen escorting him. He wrote, “Hello, #Princemoye1 Who is this man, why does he have so many #PoliceNG men following him?”
However, the Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who described as old, the viral video of a mallam escorted by seven policemen on his official Twitter handle said no policemen is currently attached to the man.
He wrote”We wish to state categorically that the viral video of a mallam who was seen escorted by some armed Mobile Policemen to slaughter a cow in his compound is very old.
“The video surfaced in the year 2022, not a new one as being widely and willfully circulated on Wednesday, 28th June, 2023.
“The Police took necessary action, even withdrew the policemen attached to him when the video went viral last year.
“We dont have any policemen attached to him at the moment. Thank you.”
