Fake: ACP Photo Arrested for Kidnapping
The Claim
A serving Assistant Commissioner of Police arrested for kidnapping.
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Emerging story
On March 12, a Twitter user identified as a Twitter user tweeted the photo of an alleged Assistant Commission of Police arrested for kidnapping. The tweet gathered more than 5k retweets and 6k likes.
Other users also tweeted the same picture along with the same caption here, here, and here.
Claims that the man in the viral picture is an Assistant Commissioner of Police who, along with several others, was involved in the kidnapping.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s investigation finds the tweet's veracity shows that the man touted as an Assistant Commissioner is fake, as results show that he is merely an impersonator. The official Police Twitter handle has since flagged the tweet down as fake here.
Again, the incident happened as far back as 2019 and not this year as claimed in the tweets.
A reverse image search reveals that the incident happened as far back as 2019, reported by Premium Times and Sahara Reporters.
According to the Premium Times, the fake Police officer's arrest police had happened in Akwa Ibom state. The then Commissioner of Police in the state, Musa Kimo, had paraded the suspect, named Kingsley Udoyen and several others.
Kingsley Udoyen, who resided at 3 Stadium Road, Abak, was arrested on January 2 and has since been charged to court.
The man in the trending tweet is not an Assistant Police Commissioner, as claimed.
Our team found that the same story was viral in 2019. The claims are, therefore, not valid.
