By Fatima Muhammad —
The Plateau State Police Command says it has arrested one Suleiman Yakubu over a TikTok video in which he allegedly called on people to attack security personnel and burn their offices during the planned nationwide protest.
The Police Publicly Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, said Mr Yakubu, a 34-year-old man, had in the viral video called on people to attack security operatives and burn down critical state and private infrastructure.
“Following the release of a TikTok video that occupied the social media space, stimulating violence in connection with the planned nationwide protest, the Plateau State Police Command has trailed and arrested the author of the inciting video.
‘On 27/07/2024, the attention of the Command was drawn to the video putatively emanating from a Tik Tok account, identified as Dam-Mallam68,” the statement said.
According to the police spokesperson, the suspect in the video was seen, “assertively inciting the public to attack security operatives and burn down critical state and private infrastructures in Plateau State as part of the activities for the protest”.
The police said based on the strength of the information, the state Commissioner of Police, CP, Emmanuel Olugbemiga Adesina, set tactical assets of the Command on motion to trace and apprehend the source of the mischievous video.
“Consequently, on 28/07/2024 around 11:30 AM, one Suleiman Yakubu (male, aged 34 years) of Jos North, Plateau State who appeared in the viral video was picked at Ahmadu Bello Way, Jos through an impeccable informant.
“While in our custody, the suspect confessed to being the one in the shameful video. Meanwhile, investigation is still ongoing,” the police asserted.
The statement noted that the CP insisted said that the police would resist any attempt by mischief makers to plunge the state into chaos.
He, therefore, stressed the need for the existing peace to remain untempered with in the state before, during and after the protest.
The CP also urged the good people of the state to be law-abiding and refrain from making inciting comments that would threaten peace and security of the state.
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