Video Of IGP Idris Struggling To Read Speech Doctored – Presidency

The Presidency on Thursday has claimed that video of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at an event in Kano was doctored.

Idris, who was in Kano on Monday to commission the Police Technical Intelligence unit in the state, stammered consistently as he struggled to read a written speech.

The video stirred up reactions online as some Nigerians described the development as embarrassing.

Reacting, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Diaspora & Foreign Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the video was doctored by mischievous persons.

She wrote: “This video is definitely doctored.

“The error was made once, then special effects used to repeat it. What I don’t understand is why anyone would believe. Well, it’s a Social Media world,” she posted.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force, reacted on its official Twitter page 24 hours after the video was released, shared a video of the IGP fluently reading another speech.

They accompanied it with a list of the schools he attended.

“IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni attended; St. Paul Primary School Sokoto,

“Govt Secondary School Farfaru, Sokoto, ABU Zaria (BSc Agric Economics), University of Maiduguri (LLB),

“NIPSS Kuru Jos and Author “Security and Justice, the Pathway to Peace & Reconciliation in Nigeria,” the force listed.