The Nigeria Police Force, @PoliceNG has come under intense fire after it was alleged to have photoshopped major parts of an image shared on Twitter.
The photo tagged “photo news”, shows a man and a woman who were arrested after six AK49 rifles were recovered from them. The tweet reads: L-R: Duleji Alhaji Abubakar a.k.a Ori jeje and Talatu Ibrahim from whom six (6) AK49 rifles were recovered.
According to an analysis by a BBC correspondent, Stephanie Hegarthy, one of the photos posted by the police claiming to show two suspects with arms haul reflected drastic colour differences, white background under mans arm, lack of reflection, blur around the weapons.
Nigerian netizens have joined the conversation of the alleged photo manipulation.
As at the time this report was filed the Nigeria police is yet to address the trending photoshop scandal on social media.
See reactions:
Nigerian Police have tweeted a picture with clear signs of having been photoshopped – claiming to show two suspects with arms haul. See drastic colour differences, white background under mans arm, lack of reflection, blur around the weapons… Tweet has been up for 7hrs now. pic.twitter.com/3WI4hw1IKm
— Stephanie Hegarty (@stephhegarty) December 1, 2020
Wahala for Nigerian Police who no complete Photoshop tutorials o.. At last, it has finished.
What exactly is TRUE in Nigeria? pic.twitter.com/uKY4xlE0BY
— Gbemi Dennis™ (@GbemiDennis) December 1, 2020
The Nigeria police are so bored that they took pictures of innocent civilian and photoshop it with guns just to chase clout. Have me questioning the credibility of twitter support on accounts suspended regarding misinformation to the general public. Even the lady has no shadow. pic.twitter.com/FuZYGE5QZz
— FoRzA SpEciALe♛ (@90cAyo) December 1, 2020
This how Police put Contraband items in your hands and take pictures of you holding them
Look at how the poorly photoshop a crime report
It will not be well with Lord Lugard https://t.co/uiVQ6eBaiy— Trouble Maker ? (G.O) (@ObongRoviel) December 1, 2020
Lemme advice the mumu police graphics designer that did this shit. Next time after using pen tool to cut when you want to make selection set the feather radius to at most 0.3, this one used like 4.0 as the feather radius that's why the edges are blur, we catch una. #Photoshop
— Spirash Music (@da_spirash) December 1, 2020
????? At this point, I give up. Arrest criminals…no way.
Enforce the law..no
Now ordinary Photoshop, you still fail.
What exactly can the Nigerian police do right????? https://t.co/yeROD8mcX7— Kolathegirl (@Koko91035697) December 1, 2020