The Anambra State Police Command yesterday debunked media report (BBC) that a certain restaurant in Awka, the state capital has been dishing human flesh to unsuspecting public in its menu.
According to the report, the police had on discovery closed down the place.
But in a phone chat, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Uche Eze, said there was nothing like that and advised people to ignore that report. "It's not true and it did not happen," he concluded.
However, the international radio in its report maintained that there was such restaurant in Awka.
It said "residents told police of rumours that the restaurant was cooking human meat for customers.
" Police then raided the restaurant, where they discovered fresh human heads that were still bleeding. The blood was in the process of being drained into a plastic bag."
The report also noted that "in addition to the human meat menu served by the restaurant, authorities discovered automatic weapons, grenades, and cell phones. Ten persons had already been arrested for the crime.”
Efforts by some newsmen in Awka to get the location or name of the restaurant yielded no results, thereby corroborating police report that the story could be untrue, after all.###