The Osun State Police Command has debunked a viral video purporting to show its officers fleeing from a drone, describing the footage as misleading and taken out of context.
The video, which was circulated on social media and reportedly aired by Arise News TV, had been captioned in a manner suggesting that police officers in Osun State were running away from a drone.
However, in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the command explained that the footage was actually taken from a Yoruba movie production titled Omije Fun Omije Part 2.
According to the police, the scene was filmed in May 2026, with a police patrol vehicle used as part of the movie production.
The command said an actor dressed in police uniform was momentarily left outside the moving van during the scene and ran after the vehicle before boarding it.
It added that a bystander who was not part of the film crew recorded the incident and subsequently posted the footage online, falsely describing it as police officers running away from a drone.
“The drone visible in the clip was the drone used to film/record the movie. It was not an operational pursuit of police officers,” the statement said.
The command stressed that no serving police officers were fleeing from a drone, describing the claim as “misleading, damaging to the reputation of the Force, and inconsistent with the facts known to the Command.”
The police further criticised the circulation and publication of the footage without proper verification, stressing that investigative journalism required adequate fact-checking before a video was given national or international attention.
The command said presenting an out-of-context video as evidence of police cowardice or misconduct was unacceptable and capable of damaging public confidence in the security institution.
Consequently, the Osun Police Command called on Arise News and other platforms circulating the footage to retract the caption and narrative, issue a correction clarifying that the video was from a movie production, and desist from presenting staged or unrelated footage as evidence of police misconduct.
The command reaffirmed its commitment to professional and lawful policing in the state, saying it remained open to factual and responsible media reporting.
It, however, warned that it would not accept what it described as the deliberate distortion of images, videos or media reports to tarnish the reputation of the command.
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