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Anambra State government describes as false and malicious the allegation that police closed a restaurant selling human flesh in the state
THE Anambra State Government has dismissed as false and malicious the report circulating on social media over the purported closure by the Nigeria Police of a restaurant selling human flesh in Anambra State. Describing the story, as reprehensible and false, Mary Imelda Nwogu, commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Anambra state, said that a national daily which also published the story has since retracted it and apologised, having found it to be untrue.
A statement issued by the commissioner which was made available by “the government of Anambra State, investigated the story and found same to be false hereby urges Ndi Anambra and friends of the state to ignore the said story as it is part of a wider smear campaign by anti-democratic forces and enemies of progress who have been attempting to sabotage the fast paced visible infrastructural and social development going on in the state.
“These individuals who go by various aliases on social media and on some other media platforms have continued to feed unsuspecting members of the public with lies about Anambra state, in the hope that they will distract the present administration.
It is instructive that the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Anambra State Command, Uche Ezeh had in an earlier statement to the media debunked the false story,” she said.
According to Nwogu, Anambra State, the light of the nation is open for business and is now the destination of choice in Nigeria for investors looking for a government friendly investment climate, security, large market, attractive return on investment, skilled manpower and supporting infrastructure.
— Jun 1, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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