By John Ikani
The Nigeria Police on Saturday debunked reports that the Federal Capital Territory was being saturated with bombs.
Backstory
The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) last week said terrorists were planning to attack Abuja this weekend.
According to the US, government buildings, schools, markets and shopping malls were possible targets, thereby, ordering the evacuation of its citizens working in the embassies.
While the federal government said it is on top of the matter, there are reports being circulated in social media on Saturday that bombs are planted in Abuja environs.
What the Nigerian Police is saying
In a statement, Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, warned people against spreading falsehood.
“I don’t think it will do our country any good to continually spread such fearful rumours to further create more panic to citizens and residents of the FCT and Nigeria at large.
“We still reiterate that the Federal Capital Territory is safe and there is no imminent threat, neither is the FCT being saturated with bombs as speculated in the news. We therefore urge residents of the FCT and Nigerians at large to disregard this fake news which was purportedly sponsored to create fear in our people and heat up the polity.
“We will continue to adopt all effective operational strategies to decimate the activities of non-state actors and other criminal elements in the country.”
