The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Department has stated that it is currently investigating a viral video alleging that some of its officers arrested some Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) syndicates.
According to The Punch, the FCT command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the police were investigating the video to determine its authenticity.
The video, which went viral on social media on Tuesday, February 28, shows some men dressed casually rummaging through cartons of BVAS machines packed in a vehicle.
In addition to the content of the car’s trunk which was all in cartons, there were about three men seated inside the vehicle said to have finished an operation at a residential building at No. 15, Ganges Street in the Maitama area of Abuja.
Some text accompanying the video shared by social media users claimed that it was a document resulting from the arrest of some BVAS syndicates following a tip-off from unidentified sources.
The text also claimed that the location was used as a dungeon for the 2023 presidential election, which was held on Saturday, February 25.
However, in response to the video’s widespread distribution, Adeh stated:
“We don’t understand why some media platforms have been publishing the story without confirming its authenticity from the police.
“We can’t ascertain the identity of those seen in the video, and they do not look like our officers because our officers have been operating on camouflage uniform since the elections began.
“Anyone could have been in that video. However, we’re investigating the video to ascertain its authenticity, and we’ll inform the general public on our findings in due time.”