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The Adamawa Police Command and the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have dismissed a viral social media post alleging Adamawa CAN Chairman was beheaded by terrorists, The NATION reported.
Adamawa CAN chairman, Rev Joel Manzo, is safe and free, the Police and CAN said Saturday morning in separate statements.
The Police declared in its statement that a facebook posting alleging the killing of the CAN chairman is totally false, devilish and inciting.
The Police released the statement in the background of fresh tension in Adamawa State, as the social media posting came in the background of sentiments generated across Nigeria by US President Donald Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria over alleged genocide against Christians.
The Adamawa Police command, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, described the controversial report, written by a Facebook user identified as Lionman Lioni, as a deliberate attempt to cause panic and religious disaffection among residents.
“The Command wishes to categorically refute this malicious claim in its entirety. There is no such incident recorded anywhere in Adamawa State,” the Police said.
Nguroje quoted the state Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Moris, as urging members of the public to disregard the facebook report and desist from spreading unverified information that could undermine peace.
Nguroje added that, in the meantime, the police command has launched an investigation to track down and prosecute those behind the false publication, as the Command will not tolerate attempts to incite violence through the misuse of social media.
In its statement, CAN, quoting the state chairman as proclaiming, “I Am Safe and Alive,” asked members of the public to disregard “the fake news circulating on the social media claiming that the state CAN Chairman was beheaded.”
“The leadership of the Christian body in the state describes such fake and baseless sources on the social media as agents of the underworld who are out to smear image of the government, and the security agencies thereby causing confusion on the already fragile atmosphere in the country,” CAN stated.
According to the association, “the state CAN Chairman is in good health and busy going about his official engagement in the state without any threat, fear or intimidation.”
