We brought you reports from Twitter of a suspected case of robbery in the Lekki area of Lagos state.
This information is incorrect.
Apparently we have been informed that the trending video, which originated from Twitter was a scene of a robbery that happened in Dawaki, Abuja, in February 2020.
#FakeNewsAlert This robbery happened in Abuja in Dawaki News Engineering month's back . Please verify your source of information before misleading the public especially at this times #FakeNewsMedia pic.twitter.com/gf9UHdAAVJ
— Jerome Omoz (@JeromeOmoz) April 22, 2020
Another video;
#FakeNewsAlert This robbery happened in Abuja in Dawaki News Engineering month's back . Please verify your source of information before misleading the public especially at this times #FakeNewsMedia pic.twitter.com/gf9UHdAAVJ
— Jerome Omoz (@JeromeOmoz) April 22, 2020
This is an old video and a lie, as this ugly incidence happened at Dawaki, Abuja earlier this year. The robbers couldn’t get into the main house and they exchanged fire. Occupant is my colleague at work. https://t.co/qUaN4fbicC
— kika. (@TheGreyHunter) April 23, 2020
Below is the tweet that started the rumor:
An estate in Lekki, armed robbery was happening, but they didn't know a senior police officer was visiting the same estate, he called back up, they killed 4 out of 5, the last one was under 20 years old, so they shot his leg and used him to lure out the rest of the gang pic.twitter.com/jnjc93Q0kt
— Odera (@iam_kingsize) April 22, 2020
