Enugu Police Demolish Viral Video Claiming Herdsmen Massacred Commuters at Awgu Junction; Warn Mischievous Bloggers Over Recycled Panic Clips

The Enugu State Police Command has smashed an ongoing social media panic manual, declaring a highly viral video depicting a purported mass killing by armed herdsmen at the busy Awgu Junction as an absolute hoax. Pushing a reassuring security shield back over the interstate corridor, the law enforcement agency stated that the video is a calculated piece of digital manipulation engineered to trigger widespread fear and tribal chaos.

The disturbing footage, which rapidly transited through multiple WhatsApp groups, X handles, and TikTok portals, showed a chaotic scene where terrified motorists abandoned their vehicles on a highway, running deep into nearby forest trenches to escape flying bullets. Accompanying text captions explicitly warned travelers to completely avoid the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway, claiming a heavily armed syndicate of nomadic herders had completely locked down the Awgu axis, killing several commuters on the spot.

However, a rapid on-the-spot intelligence audit executed by the command’s tactical teams and divisional officers posted along the Awgu highway network revealed zero evidence of friction. Confronting the misinformation trenches directly, State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, issued a stern corrective brief on Monday, calling out the malicious roots of the viral post.

“The command wishes to state categorically that the video and the accompanying panic messages are not only completely untrue, but are highly unfounded, misleading, and wicked,” Ndukwe declared. “There was absolutely no shooting, ambush, or killing of any citizen at Awgu Junction or any part of the state. Our patrol teams are fully on the ground, and traffic is flowing smoothly without a single security breach.”

A deeper look into the digital data by the command’s forensic analysis unit unzipped the deception entirely. Investigators tracked the digital footprint of the clip, discovering that the video was actually an old piece of footage captured during a historical security incident in an entirely different state years ago. The perpetrators of the fake news script simply attached a false geographic label to the old asset to make it appear fresh and highly relevant to the local population.

Reacting to the close proximity of the rumor spike to upcoming regional transitions, Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, warned that the state will no longer function as an unmonitored playground for cybercriminals and destabilizing actors. He noted that blowing isolated or old events completely out of proportion severely sabotages the local economic climate and creates unnecessary friction among peaceful communities. Reaffirming that the state’s security architecture remains tightly synchronized, the CP urged residents, transport unions, and holiday commuters to entirely delete the toxic video from their devices and rely solely on verified, official communication portals for highway updates.