Lagos to prosecute X user over false flood video

The Lagos State Government has said it volition initiate ineligible proceedings against an X idiosyncratic accused of sharing a misleading flood video falsely claiming it was recorded successful Lagos, insisting that deleting the station aft it was exposed arsenic mendacious would not exempt the idiosyncratic from prosecution.

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this successful a bid of posts connected X on Tuesday.

According to Wahab, the video circulated by the user, identified connected the level arsenic “Enugu Loudspeaker (#Jamessucre2),” was not filmed successful Lagos but originated from Bangladesh.

“The flood video you shared and attributed to Lagos State is really from Bangladesh.

“We kindly promote you to verify the authenticity and root of specified contented earlier sharing it, arsenic the dissemination of inaccurate accusation tin mislead the nationalist and undermine genuine discussions astir issues affecting Lagos,” Wahab said.

The commissioner maintained that the removal of the station aft it had been debunked would not forestall the authorities from pursuing ineligible action.

“Taking down the station aft misleading the nationalist does not absolve you of the responsibility. Appropriate ineligible enactment volition inactive beryllium pursued, and this substance volition beryllium taken to its logical decision successful accordan...