Police dismiss report of gunmen killing 21 soldiers in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed a report indicating that 21 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in Anambra State.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who dismissed the news via a statement in Awka on Wednesday, urged the public to disregard the report.

According to Ikenga, the Anambra State Police Command is aware of a misleading, unfounded, and false report titled Gunmen Kill 21 Soldiers in Anambra, recently peddled by some online media and national dailies. The Command wishes to state that the report is untrue, a product of fiction, and the handiwork of mischief-makers.

Also, the Command, in dismay at the news, has observed that the said hospital mentioned in the report, where the corpses of the soldiers are allegedly kept, does not exist in Awka, the State Capital.

Further inquiries were made by the Command, showing that there is no record of such an incident or otherwise, but deliberate acts by unscrupulous elements are to cause tension in the state.

“Therefore, the Command shall not hesitate to invoke relevant cyber laws on persons found wanting in this regard.

However, the command urges the public to disregard the report and the Ikenga statement.

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