By Moses Okorie
365Daily – Ebonyi State Government has debunked the report making the round that a suicide bomber killed himself while attempting to blow up a primary school at Afikpo local government area of the state. The government urged the general public to disregard the report.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Francis Nwaze on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 in Abakaliki, the state capital.
According to him, “My attention has been drawn to a news making the round in some section of the media that there was an explosion of a suicide bomb in Afikpo, Ebonyi State this afternoon.
“The above news is in sharp contrast to the reality as the incident was a grenade of a security personnel carrying out his duties at the said location that accidentally exploded. A similar incident equally occurred in front of the Ebonyi State Old Government House as some mobile police officers were servicing their APC machine.
“The first incident took the life of a passerby while the second caused injuries on the affected person, who has been taken to the hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment.
“The general public is, therefore, charged to disregard the fake news as it is the handiwork of enemies of the state who are bent on causing panic where none exists.
“Furthermore, Ebonyians and residents of Ebonyi State are reminded that generating and spreading of fake news aimed at causing panic in the state is actionable”.
Meanwhile, 365Daily made an independent investigation on the true state of affairs and discovered that the affected police officer is Inspector Idi Aminu by name and worked with Mobile Police Force.
365Daily further gathered that contrary to the government’s stand, the said police officer actually died and his picture is already marked RIP (Redt in Peace).