Moment APC chieftain Alwan Hassan fails to connect to Nigeria’s 112 emergency number live on TV after claiming it works

A mild drama unfolded during a live broadcast on Channels Television on Tuesday night after a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Alwan Hassan, claimed that Nigeria’s national emergency toll-free number, 112, works reliably nationwide.

Speaking during the programme to highlight the achievements of the current administration, Hassan insisted that the emergency response system had been upgraded by the APC government to better serve Nigerians in distress.

To prove his point, he dared the programme's anchor, Seun Okinbaloye, to test the line live on air.

Okinbaloye accepted the challenge and dialed 112 on his mobile phone, but the call failed to connect. Attempting to salvage the moment, Hassan also dialed the emergency number on his personal device, which similarly failed to go through.

Although Hassan had initially asserted that the emergency service functions seamlessly with or without mobile network reception, he quickly blamed the failed calls on poor network connectivity.

The incident has generated mixed reactions online.

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