Police arrest TikToker for promoting violent protests in Plateau
Police arrest TikToker for promoting violent protests in Plateau
Abdullateef Fowewe
The Plateau State Police Command has apprehended a TikTok content creator who is advertising violent protests in Plateau State.
Dailyeconomy learned that the attention of the police was drawn to the video originating from a TikTok account, identified as “Dam-Mallam68” on Saturday, July 27, 2024.
Dam-Mallam68 in the video was seen assertively inciting the public to attack security operatives and burn down critical State and private infrastructures in Plateau State as part of the activities for the proposed protest.
The Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alaboin a statement on Sunday confirmed that “Consequently, on 28/07/2024 around 11:30 AM, one Suleiman Yakubu (male, aged 34 years) of Jos North, Plateau State who appeared in the viral video was picked at Ahmadu Bello Way, Jos through an impeccable informant.
“While in our custody, the suspect confessed to being the one in the scatheful video. Meanwhile, the investigation is still ongoing. In view of the above, the Commissioner of Police wishes to state that the Police will intensely resist any attempt by mischief makers to plunge the State in to chaos. He stressed the need for peace to remain untempered in the State amidst the before, during and after the protest.”
The State Commissioner of Police however urged Plateau residents to be law abiding and abstain from making inciting comments that will threaten peace and security in the State.
