The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Babaji Sunday, has today called on Abuja residents to disregard the rumor being peddled by mischief makers that new bandits have invaded Abuja to unleash mayhem. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, stated this in a statement in Abuja today. She said that call followed a misleading report made around in some section of the media that some number of hoodlums invaded and raided a pipeline extension area in kubwa and snatched belonging from residents of the area, which does not translate into banditry.
In her statement, she reads, “The Command, therefore, wishes to categorically refute this erroneous and misleading news and state, emphatically that it is baseless and unfounded.
“It is promulgated with the malicious intention to instill fear and apprehension in the minds of residents and the good people of FCT,” she said.
She advised that the FCT commissioner of police has asked residents to desist from rumor-mongering capable of instilling fear in the mind of residents, urging residents to go about their lawful activities without fear of intimidation.
The police PRO urges residents to report any suspicious movement to the security agency through the following phone numbers; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883. (NAN)