Journalist In Trouble For Publishing Fake News Of Lady Who Slept With Dog

Kayode Ajiboye, a practising journalist, attached to the Independent Newspapers might be writing his way to detention after an unverified report about the lady who slept with a dog. 

The journallist published a report titled 'Girl Captured in Viral Sex Video with Dog Dies of Infection' on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on the aforementioned newspaper.

However, the Lagos State Police Command has tagged the report as fake news after efforts to further confirm the authencity of the report had no headway.

The statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, after efforts to reach the author for further investigation on the article proved negative, Kayode Ajiboye is supected to be in cahoot with the wanted suspect to help her evade justice which is criminal offence.

Police Statement reads thus, "The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a publication with the above caption dated May 10, 2022, and credited to one Kayode Ajiboye of Independent Newspapers.

"As this borders on an ongoing police investigation, the Lagos State Police Command reached out to the author of this article for information that would help the police conclude/close the investigation.

"Shockingly, however, the author claimed he could not verify the story but simply lifted it from an online blog.

"Not only did this author not credit the original source (plagiarism) of the news in consonance with simple ethics of journalism, he also made no attempt to fact-check the news, thereby making himself susceptible to the spreading of fake news, especially knowing how critical and sensitive the facts in issue were.

"Available facts suggests that the author is in cahoot with the wanted suspect to help her evade justice, which in itself is a criminal offence.

"While it is the duty of every Nigerian to support the police in any ongoing investigation, it is an established fact that it is criminal to publish false information with intent to mislead the public.

"It is equally criminal to subvert criminal investigation and obstruct police officers in the discharge of their duties.

The Command assured Nigerians that the ongoing investigation has been re-focused appropriately while available leads are being followed.