The Enugu State Police Command has said it didn’t arraign Ani Samuel Chidi for filming an attack on an NDC party meeting at Obuoffia-Awkunanaw.

The police also dismissed as false and misleading a report alleging that it released an alleged APC hitman linked to the incident.

The Command made these clarifications in a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, who said the report was a deliberate attempt to distort the facts of a criminal case investigated against Chidi and discredit the Police.

According to the Command, Ozalla Police Division received a complaint on September 12, 2026, from Ani Nnabuike, Aninwene Monday and others against Chidi over alleged cyberbullying and threats of violence following his recording and publication of the reported attack and disruption of the NDC meeting.

The case was subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation.

The Police said its investigation established that Chidi had not only recorded and published the reported incident but had also circulated other videos accusing the initial complainants, as well as Hon. USA Igwesi and Solomon Ifeanyi Nwobodo, of carrying out the attack and disruption.

The Command further alleged that Chidi made other accusations against Igwesi in the videos, including alleging that he was a drug dealer who sent attackers to shoot and kill members of his own community in Obuoffia and that he and his family had kept the community under siege.

The Police said Chidi was unable to substantiate the allegations contained in the videos during the investigation.

He was consequently arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Enugu State on charges of cyberbullying and threatening violence and was remanded in correctional custody by the court, according to the Command.

The Police stressed that the case involving the reported attack and disruption of the NDC meeting is separate from the cybercrime case against Chidi.

It said the attack case remains under investigation at Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo-Dunukofia, Anambra State.

The Command therefore urged members of the public to disregard claims that Chidi was arrested merely for filming the incident or that an alleged perpetrator of the attack was released in exchange for his arrest.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, psc, mspsp, smicm, reiterated the Command’s commitment to providing a level playing field for all political parties and actors in the state.

He urged political actors to maintain peace and channel security concerns through the appropriate authorities rather than resorting to the media or engaging in acts that may constitute cybercrimes.