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Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by dre11(m): 9:03am On Mar 31, 2022
The Nigeria Police ‘Rescue Me App’ has received over 10,000 fake emergency alerts in four days.

This is according to the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday.

The Rescue Me App was launched by the police to help citizens in distress to report crimes in their neighbourhoods, with direct access to police helplines.

In his tweet, Adejobi noted that the fake emergency alerts by some citizens prank testing the service had resulted in heavy traffic on the system.

He urged Nigerians to only use the service when in genuine need for the police to be able to help those who are in an emergency.

The FPRO also reaffirmed the app’s usefulness while calling for citizens’ cooperation with the police.

“On our NPF Rescue Me App, we want to urge Nigerians to please stop fake alerts. These are causing more harm to the system and jeopardising it. In the last four days, we have received more than 10,122 fake alerts.

“And that’s why we have heavy traffic on the system, thereby affecting the genuine callers. We have more than 5000 pending or awaiting OTP to proceed on the app; it’s due to this unnecessary heavy traffic on the system.

“We are sure the app is good, efficient and helpful; that’s why we initiated it to improve our security network. Pls, cooperate with us on this,” Adejobi stated.

Apart from crime reportage, the Rescue Me App also has other functions such as requesting an ambulance, emergency contact feature, reporting a police officer, and navigation.


https://punchng.com/police-rescue-app-gets-over-10000-fake-alerts-in-four-days/

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by BabalawoPikin(m): 9:29am On Mar 31, 2022
Nigerians the main problem of Nigeria. Gbasgbos

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Bobloco: 10:04am On Mar 31, 2022
Did the police storm the scene to know that they are fake alert


Probably, some one in the Abuja -kaduna train must have used the police "Rescue me App" but the police took it as a fake alert

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Nbotee(m): 10:05am On Mar 31, 2022
I'm sure most of those alerts just want to test if the app truly works which we all know will only work in some areas

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by WiszyFraud: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
Dontmissheaven:
Repent now of your sinful evil ways to avoid spending your eternity in hell fire after you die. Jesus Christ love and warns you to repent and convert now to Christianity to avoid hell fire. Only Jesus Christ can save you by his death on the cross and his blood which washes away your sins, any other ways ( Islam, paganism, Hinduism, atheism, etc) can not save you. Be wise while you still have the chance accept Jesus Christ now and save your soul from hell. Be wiser than Satan and follow the one true God. This is the eternal truth from the spiritual realm.



Is that you righteousness bro??

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by ObaOfEsan: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
lipsrsealed
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by DJGiore: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
People are seriously fearing and in need, this country have a lot to fix and right leaders...visit naija dj mix .com for foreign mix
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by chukwuibuipob: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
grin never a dull moment in dis country
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Beckyroman: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
Nigeria jagajaga
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Maxymilliano(m): 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
The Nigeria Police ‘Rescue Me App’ has received over 10,000 fake emergency alerts in four days.


Lol .. We play and joke a lot in this part of the world

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by EKONGKING: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
Dontmissheaven:
Repent now of your sinful evil ways to avoid spending your eternity in hell fire after you die. Jesus Christ love and warns you to repent and convert now to Christianity to avoid hell fire. Only Jesus Christ can save you by his death on the cross and his blood which washes away your sins, any other ways ( Islam, paganism, Hinduism, atheism, etc) can not save you. Be wise while you still have the chance accept Jesus Christ now and save your soul from hell. Be wiser than Satan and follow the one true God. This is the eternal truth from the spiritual realm.

Being a Nigerian Christan in Kaduna and Jos is being in hell fire.

Let God come and fight for Nigerian Christians ,who r being killed like goats by Satan

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by NaijaOlosho(f): 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
grin
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by jeff1993: 10:14am On Mar 31, 2022
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by spydera: 10:15am On Mar 31, 2022
So in this century, everyone and anyone is either creating or developing an app for almost everything, this is indirectly increasing the unemployment level.

If you want to eat or drink, sleep or bleep: there's an app; to sew your clothes– there's an app; to have your bath– there's an app!!!
Christ!!!!
Dont get me wrong, its an innovative move by the police but how will this work naaau?!?!


So instead of dialing 911 (which wasn't really that effective) in an active robbery scene, they expect a reasonable citizen to login with which data?
What if there's no network? lmaoo
Na so person go dey find network to enter app, stray bullet with 4g speed go come meet am, haba !!!!

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Smartjeezy(m): 10:15am On Mar 31, 2022
For real?
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Mooh247: 10:15am On Mar 31, 2022
cool



simply link the Police App to NIN or BVN so as to know who reported what....



.

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by NOwazobia: 10:15am On Mar 31, 2022
As someone rightly said above, how do they know they were all fake alerts. Do they visit all the scene?


Even if they are fake alerts, I justify it on the ground that Nigeria is presently a failed state, including everything hosted on it, hence the need to test everything whether they lived up to their expectation, in order to be better prepared when the real deal arises.

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Profayo: 10:16am On Mar 31, 2022
Testing mic

People checking it's working before they need it
because you can't trust what the police tells you.

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Skyfornia(m): 10:16am On Mar 31, 2022
I don't trust anything police...they will rather kill you than protect you. Yeye app..
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Dshocker(m): 10:16am On Mar 31, 2022
Failed nation
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by angelfallz(m): 10:17am On Mar 31, 2022
All those that sent fake alerts should be traced and arrested!

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Legend44(m): 10:17am On Mar 31, 2022
Testing microphone 1,2 chi chi chi 1,2... we all know the situation in this country.... they failed with different methods or don't even response... Nigerians don wise up... make i go test am see before e go fail me for Dday. AWON WEREY

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Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by FBIBOT(m): 10:18am On Mar 31, 2022
Registration should be by provision of nin so people who misuse it can be arrested and prosecuted
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by Triangles1(m): 10:18am On Mar 31, 2022
WoW to Police on this one.
Re: Police Rescue App Gets Over 10,000 Fake Alerts In Four Days by oluwaSavage: 10:21am On Mar 31, 2022
Lol
Everybody don mad finish
People no like anything Police at all

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