Aminu Nurudeen, a
Liberty Television reporter, said to have published a video of
Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), struggling to read a speech
at an event has gone into hiding, according
to PUNCH.
“I
mean, transmission, I mean effort, that the transmission cooperation to
transmission, I mean transmission to have effect, ehm, apprehend, I mean,
apprehensive towards the recommendation, recommended formation effective and
effect, I mean, apprehensive at the transmission of…and transmission and
transmission for the effective in the police command,” Idris was heard saying
in the video clip.
The
clip has since trended online and Nigerians have mocked Idris for the blunder.
The
IGP spoke at the inauguration of the Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano
state on Monday.
According,
Nurudeen went into hiding after he was invited by Musa Magaji Majiya, spokesman
of the Kano police command.
The
journalist is said to have disobeyed an order by releasing an embarrassing
video clip. It was learnt that the Kano police command had instructed
journalists not to release the clip.
Quoting
sources, the newspaper said the IGP’s blunder brought an abrupt end to the
event.
“He
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,” the newspaper quoted
a source as saying.
The
police have said that the video was doctored.
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