A former presidential candidate and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, was injured on Monday by a tear gas canister fired by a female police officer at Unity Fountain in Abuja.
Sowore was preparing to hold a rally with some protesters when the incident happened.
Roots TV correspondents were at the scene of the incident on Monday morning.
Sowore was afterwards rushed to a hospital for medical treatment.
But the FCT Police Command released a statement, denying that Sowore was shot and saying there was no record of the incident.
The Command Spokesperson, Mariam Yusuf said, “The FCT Police Command wishes to debunk the viral message in some sections of the social media purporting that Omoyele Sowore was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police at the Unity Fountain.
“Contrary to the speculation, police operatives professionally restored calm at the Unity Fountain following attempts by a group of protesters to incite public disturbance.
“The protesters who went on the rampage were resisted by police operatives in order to prevent them from causing a breakdown of law and order. There is no record of such incident as at the time of this release.”