Police dismiss old video alleging bandits attack in Imo

The Imo State Police Command has dismissed a viral video alleging bandits’ onslaught successful immoderate communities successful the state, adjacent arsenic it warned against mendacious information.

In a property statement, the Command, done its Spokesperson, Henry Okoye, stated that it has observed with interest the purported video successful circulation, which it described arsenic an aged video from mischief makers and purveyors of mendacious information.

The Command described the video arsenic false, misleading, and deliberately designed to make unnecessary fear, panic, and apprehension among the radical of the State.

The Police, successful the property statement, hinted that the video being circulated is an aged footage of an onslaught carried retired connected July 25, 2025, astatine Ndi-Ejezie, Umualaoma, and Ndiakuwata Uno Communities successful Arondizuogu, Ideato North LGA of the state, by chartless gunmen headed by 1 Ifeanyi Okenta, popularly known arsenic Gentle the Yahoo.

The incident, according to the Command, resulted successful nonaccomplishment of lives and does not correspond immoderate caller onslaught successful the state.

“Following the incident, the Imo State Police Command, successful synergy with different information agencies, carried retired inte...