Moment APC chieftain Alwan Hassan fails to hook up with Nigeria’s 112 emergency quantity stay on TV after claiming it really works

Politics

By Linda Ikeji
11 November 2026, 6:39 am

A gentle drama unfolded throughout a stay broadcast on Channels Television on Tuesday evening after a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign council, Alwan Hassan, claimed that Nigeria’s nationwide emergency toll-free quantity, 112, works reliably nationwide.

Speaking through the programme to spotlight the achievements of the present administration, Hassan insisted that the emergency response system had been upgraded by the APC authorities to higher serve Nigerians in misery.

To show his level, he dared the programme’s anchor, Seun Okinbaloye, to check the road stay on air.

Okinbaloye accepted the problem and dialed 112 on his cell phone, however the name failed to attach. Attempting to salvage the second, Hassan additionally dialed the emergency quantity on his private system, which equally did not undergo.

Although Hassan had initially asserted that the emergency service features seamlessly with or with out cell community reception, he shortly blamed the failed calls on poor community connectivity.

The incident has generated combined reactions on-line.

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