Viral Report On Jega Protest Over Insecurity Is Old– Kebbi Police

The Kebbi State Police Command has described a viral report about villagers blocking the Jega-Kontagora Road over insecurity as an old incident that occurred in Jega town last week.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this to LEADERSHIP in a telephone interview in the early hours of Monday in Birnin Kebbi.

Usman said the incident had been reported to journalists in Birnin Kebbi the same week it occurred, adding that several media organisations had already published reports on it.

“This issue of villagers blocking Jega-Kontagora Road over insecurity is an old story which happened in Jega town last week. I issued a statement to you journalists in Birnin Kebbi that same week, and most of you carried the story in your papers,” he said.

He clarified that the protesters had blocked the Jega-Koko Road, not the Jega-Kontagora Road, as stated in the circulating report.

Usman said several people had been arrested during the protest and were being detained pending the conclusion of police investigations.

He advised journalists to verify information obtained from social media posts and video clips with the police before publishing reports.

The police spokesperson said the report making the rounds on Monday was a recirculation of the earlier incident, which had already been confirmed by the Kebbi State Police Command.