Police arrest teacher for allegedly spreading fake news

The Intelligence Response Team, force headquarters of the Nigeria police has arrested a 34-year old female teacher, grace Ibrahim, for spreading false information that a policeman was involved in the kidnap of Kaduna doctor Philip Ataga’s wife and two children.

The wife was killed by the kidnappers.

In a post that went viral on the internet, Ibrahim had said one of the children had identified a neighbor, who is a policeman, as the person that ordered the shooting of their mother.

Ibrahim, who was paraded at the force headquarters, apologized for the viral message, saying she did not verify it before spreading it.

The Atagas were kidnapped on January the 25th, 2020, during the invasion of Juji community in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, whisking away mrs. Ataga and two children.

The abductors demanded N150 million ransom for their release and negotiations were still on before they killed Mrs Ataga.

They subsequently demanded n20 million for the release of her children.