The FCT Police Command has dismissed reports alleging that a riot was ongoing and motorists and innocent citizens were being attacked at the Lugbe Abuja.<\/p>\n
A video had emerged on social media claiming some Hausa youths were seen throwing stones at vehicles and others seen with sticks hitting on the windscreen of cars in Abuja.<\/p>\n
But a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh said the Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Babaji Sunday said the video was not from Abuja.<\/p>\n
She said security operatives were deployed to the area and they discovered nothing of such occurred.<\/p>\n
It reads, \u201cThe attention of the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, CP Babaji Sunday, has been drawn to a video making the rounds on social media platforms about an incident which is being credited to have happened in Lugbe, FCT Abuja.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe CP wishes to state categorically that there is no such incident in Lugbe as he is currently on patrol with operatives around the Lugbe-Airport Road axis.<\/p>\n
Sunday further urged Nigerians to go about their lawful businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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