Nigerian Police reportedly launch manhunt for reporter who shared the embarrassing video of IGP’s ‘Transmission’ speech

Aminu Nurudeen, a Liberty Television journalist who is believed to have initially shared the viral video showing the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at a public event in Kano State is now a wanted man.

According to a report by Punch, the Kano State Police Command invited the reporter to its office immediately the video went viral but Nurudeen’s whereabouts has been unknown since the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Musa Magaji Majiya, invited him on Thursday.

Authorities are upset with the journalist because he had allegedly disobeyed a directive by the Kano State Police Command to journalists present at the event not to report the IG’s blunder or make the video public. The viral video showed the IG delivering an incoherent speech, which had since exposed him to public ridicule.

The report by Punch said, “he (the IGP) has however ordered an investigation into the leakage of the video but we are watching to see how he intends to deal with the individuals behind the viral video without further embarrassing himself and the force”.  

Also, detectives are allegedly using the police technical platform to track the original source of the video on social media. Bloggers that posted the video might be interrogated by the police for allegedly, “peddling a doctored video meant to cast the IG in bad light and embarrass the police leadership.”

Idris, in an interactive media chat on the police Twitter handle, Nigerian Police @PoliceNG #Askthepolice, had also told Nigerians that the video was doctored “Yes, it was doctored,” he said in response to a question from a Twitter user.