Zamfara State Police Command has warned citizens of the state to desist from sharing fabricated information capable of misleading the public.
State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP Shehu Muhammad who passed the warning through a statement issued to journalists on Saturday said, some individuals and groups who don’t mean well for the peaceful coexistence of the state have embarked on spreading fake and unfounded information using social and conventional media platforms.
Shehu who used the report on Tungar Baushe village in Ruwan Tofa of Maru local government noted that the entire report was a figment of imagination and a calculated attempt to create tension and fear into the minds of the citizens and also to undermine the efforts of the security agencies and the government in tackling the activities of the recalcitrant bandits who refused to embrace the ongoing peace process of the state government.
The Police as lead agency in internal security management is in a better position to give an accurate crime statistics of the state, and therefore can not continue to watch some unscrupulous elements to be spreading unverified information on security matters that are likely to cause apprehension and promote lawlessness in the state.
“The Police and other security agencies in the state are collaborating with the State government to ensure the sustenance of relative peace in the state through more recovery of arms and ammunition and decisively deal with recalcitrant criminals who refused to renounce criminal activities, so that law-abiding citizens can sleep with their two eyes closed” Shehu added.
He further said, “the command at this point wishes to warn that henceforth, it will not tolerate any act of lawlessness or attempt to disrupt the existing peace and harmony in the state. It is also working in synergy with other security agencies to deal with any person or group found guilty of this crime in order to serve as lesson to others”.
