Police insist FCT safe, say no imminent threat, bomb

The Nigeria Police Force on Saturday said the police was employing all effective operational strategies to stop the activities of non-state and other criminal elements in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the police said the FCT was safe and there was no imminent threat to the territory.

He added that all manners of news in the social media, suggesting that bombs were being planted in the city, were meant to create panic and should be disregarded.

The statement read, “It is surprising and disheartening to read in the news and on social media that bombs are being planted in every area of the Federal Capital Territory, even from some individuals who are presumed to be peace ambassadors and patriotic agents of national unity in Nigeria.

“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.”