The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris Kpotun has said the viral video of his transmission speech that tumbled social media in the course of the week was doctored.
IGP Idris defended the transmission speech video in a #AskThePolice TweetChat that was personally anchored by the IGP himself on Twitter on Thursday.
“Thank you for your question. Yes it was doctored,” he responded when he was asked: “I saw a video yesterday on social media about the Inspector General of Police not able to read his own speech. Some of us suspect it is a doctored video, can you clarify that please?”
However, reactions continued to trail the IGP’s response all through the course of the TweetChat as participants continued to prod the IGP for the Police to actually clear the air by posting the undoctored video.
TheNewsGuru reports the IGP’s transmission speech incidence happened in Kano on Monday, May 14, 2018, where he went to commission the Force Technical Intelligence Unit.
“I mean, transmission, I mean effort, that the transmission cooperation to transmission, I mean transmission to have effect, ehm, apprehend, I mean, apprehensive towards the recommendation, recommended formation effective and effect, I mean, apprehensive at the transmission of… and transmission and transmission for the effective in the police command,” Idris babbled in the video.
After several attempts to get his speech right, the IGP, struggling with his paper, apologised to his audience. “Sorry, I’m sorry please,” he said.
However, Ibrahim’s struggle did not end there. A man in suit joins him to help hold down his script, and even helped with the pronunciation of the words. But this didn’t make the reading any better for the IGP.
“All effective the transmission, other transmission, I can state without contradiction that I have commissioned what?
“Over transmission of, over transmission of, over all kidnapping, armed robbery and other heinous crimes, I mean, ehm, commission transmission, recommendation transmission” he continued.
While many attributed the IGP babbling to dyslexia, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode Fani-Kayode, on Twitter said the IGP was a victim of dark spirits and satanic forces.
“Our I-G of Pol. needs prayers and we must treat him with compassion. What happened to him whilst reading his infamous “transmission” speech was not ordinary,” the former Aviation Minister stated.
“He is the victim of dark spirits and satanic forces. We must not gloat over it or laugh at him. Instead we must pray for him,” he added.
However, a critical observation of the transmission speech video shows that the IGP actually made certain blunders in his speech in Kano; but, however, not consistently as captured by the viral video.
The video that went viral was actually clipped at intervals from the original video and merged into the whole.
