By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday December 2, debunked the claims in the Social Media that the pictures of the suspects caught with 6 AK49 rifles were falsified.
The police said the pictures are real, arguing that the suspects were caught with the weapons.
Making clarification on the issue, the police in its twitter handle addressed the wrong impression/doubt created by social media.
“The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to comments in the social media erroneously suggesting that the photos of the suspects shared on the Police handles on 1st December, 2020 were falsified.
“The Force wishes to state categorically that there was absolutely no misrepresentation or any intention whatsoever to deceive members of the public.
“To set the record straight, in the case involving one Talatu Ibrahim, female, 40 years old from Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara State from whom six (6) AK49 rifles were recovered and one other, Duleji Alhaji Abubakar a.k.a Ori jeje who gets arms supply from her to carry out series of kidnapping and armed robbery in Kwara State, the pictures are authentic and true representation of the suspects and exhibits.
“However, the pictures were taken separately and merged into one screen for seamless understanding of the story line. The arms showcased in the picture were the exhibits recovered by Police operatives from the suspects,” the police said. .