purported restaurant in the state, which serves human flesh as meat to
unsuspected customers, as the handiwork of anti-democratic elements.
The State Commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Dr. Mary
Nwogu, in a statement, made available to journalists in Awka, the
state capital, described the story as a "wider smear campaign" by
enemies of the state.
The statement read, "The attention of the Anambra State Government has
been drawn to a false and malicious report circulating on social media
over the purported closure by the Nigerian Police of a restaurant
selling human flesh in Anambra State.
"This story, as reprehensible and false as it is, was also published
by a national daily, which has since retracted it and apologised,
having found it to be untrue.
"The government of Anambra State, having 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".
The statement added, "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.
"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".
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