{"id":68548,"date":"2025-06-19T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68548"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:00:17","slug":"viral-video-of-smoking-schoolgirl-not-from-nigeria-police-clarifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/19\/viral-video-of-smoking-schoolgirl-not-from-nigeria-police-clarifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Video of Smoking Schoolgirl Not from Nigeria, Police Clarifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force has refuted claims that a viral video showing a schoolgirl smoking originated from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Monday, the police said a thorough investigation confirmed the video was not filmed within the country.<\/p>\n<p>The footage, which triggered public outrage on social media, showed a young girl in a school uniform smoking a substance believed to be marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Many Nigerians expressed concern over perceived moral decline among youths.<\/p>\n<p>However, after analyzing the video and consulting relevant authorities, the police concluded that the individuals and environment in the clip are not Nigerian.<\/p>\n<p>The Force urged the public to avoid sharing unverified content that could damage the country&#8217;s image or cause misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The police reiterated their commitment to upholding societal values and called on parents, schools, and communities to instill discipline and moral guidance in children.<\/p>\n<p>They also advised the public to verify information before sharing it online to prevent the spread of falsehoods and unnecessary alarm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; The Nigeria Police Force has refuted claims that a viral video showing a schoolgirl smoking originated from Nigeria. In a statement released on Monday, the police said a thorough investigation confirmed the video was not filmed within the country. The footage, which triggered public outrage on social media, showed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68550,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68548\/revisions\/68550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}