A man seen in a viral video threatening that killing awaited any person who voted for candidates apart from his in coming Saturday’s election in Delta State has been arrested.
The location of the incident is Orogun community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State.
The person in question spoke in Urhobo dialect. He claimed an unnamed retired senior police officer directed him to tell all members of the community to vote for a particular candidate or be ‘taken to the police area command and beaten to death by the police and buried by the government’.
Consequently, the State Police Command arrested the threatening messenger, according to the state police spokesperson, DSP Edafe Bright (pictured) through a statement he released on Saturday.
In it, Edafe said, “He admitted that he was merely acting on his own and that no serving or retired senior police officer gave him such a directive.
“He, however, denied knowledge or involvement in the making of the latest version of the clip with English transcription as not being in line with his earlier message.
“Emerging facts revealed that some mischievous elements, who are out to cause tension and discontent in the state, edited and magnified the message of the town crier, which he had since retracted, beyond his original intention, added English transcription and put same on social media to serve their selfish purpose.
“This is not just malicious but criminal. The command is gradually closing in on characters behind the said video clip with a view to bringing them before the law.”
