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 Nigeria 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.
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.
In a swift reaction, the BBC Swahili service has tender apology over the weekend publication indicating that a Nigeria restaurant selling human flesh was traced to Anambra state.
It would be recalled that over the weekend, a number of foreign media platform reported that a restaurant in Anambra was shut for selling human flesh. Well the originalor of the report . BBC Swahili have retracted the story and apologised;
'' The strory about the Nigerian restaurnt which we published here was a mistake and we apologise. It was incorrect and published without the proper BBC chwcks.
We have removed the story and have lauched an urgent innvestigation into how this happened''
The BBC Swahili service's reputation for accuracy and balance reminas of paramount importance to us and we aretaking the appropriate steps to ensure that mistakes like this do not happen again''. BBC apology read.
Mshinkishe Mwenzako Unavyoweza Kumshinkisha Mwenzako Signed
The British broadcasting Commission had earlier reported same and acredited it to a local restaurant in the state .