Nigerian Police tells Twitter to delete parody account for impersonation
The parody account started making waves recently with a string of viral posts surrounding mostly bribe-taking and extortion by officers.The official Twitter account of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has made an appeal to social media giant, Twitter, to erase a parody account for impersonating the organisation.
The official account (@PoliceNG) accused the parody account (@PoliceNGfaux) of using its logo, official email, and background picture to mislead the public, an act it termed a criminal offence. @Twitter the @PoliceNGfaux is using our logo, official email, background picture, etc. This indeed is a criminal offence aimed at misleading the public as it's already seen in the to posts such as this. @Twitter admin should bring down this account as quick as possible," the Force posted on Monday, September 16, 2019.
@Twitter the @PoliceNGfaux is using our logo, official email, background picture, etc. This indeed is a criminal offence aimed at misleading the public as it's already seen in the to posts such as this. pic.twitter.com/Q5DAx3IBN5
— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) September 16, 2019
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