The Nigerian Police Force, Sokoto State Command, has debunked viral reports alleging that a top police source confirms that one of the suspects in the killing of the 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Emmanuel, is an intruder from Niger Republic and has escaped from custody.
Earlier, Peoples Gazette had quoted a police source as saying “the man whose face is well captured in the viral video of Deborah’s cruel killing, is strongly suspected to be a foreigner from the neighbouring Niger Republic.”
According to the police source, the suspect could not yet be found in the Sokoto metropolis where the inhumane crime was committed despite his face being captured in a viral video, the news outlet alleged.
Reacting, the command described the report alongside the one credited to an online platform called “NEWSLEAK” as fake news, while calling on all media outlets and the general public to be an advocate of peace.