Nigeria, April 10 -- The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed a viral video alleging an ongoing terrorist attack in Abuja, describing the content as misleading and deliberately designed to incite panic among residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In a statement issued on Friday, the Force spokesperson Anthony Placid said there was no record of any such attack in the nation's capital, stressing that the claims circulating online were "entirely false, misleading, and malicious."

According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that the video was fabricated using unrelated footage sourced from online platforms to create a false narrative aimed at undermining public confidence in the security architecture of Abuja...