PRESS RELEASE 6th August 2024 The editors, NATIONWIDE PROTEST: Police distance itself from purported video, CP warned purveyors of misinformation to stay clear… orders a discreet investigation. The attention of the Bauchi State Police Command has been drawn to a purported video circulating online and in some sections of the media that claims security operatives gunned down a protester in Azare on Monday, August 5, 2024. The Command wishes to emphatically debunk this video and the accompanying news publications. These claims are untrue and misleading. No such inhumane act incident was recorded by the command at the mentioned location or any other part of the state. The video is fabricated, and it is important for the public to know that the police were not involved in any such incident. Prior to the nationwide protests, the 22nd Indigenous Inspector General of Police IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun PhD, NPM, issued a directive on July 31, 2024, that all officers are to appear in camouflage ...