GOVERNOR Dave Umahi, has dismissed media reports that Boko Haram members relocated from Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State were transferred to Ebonyi State.
Umahi’s Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, yesterday disclosed how the governor made dramatic phone calls based on the reports only to find out that the news was false.
“We read with utter disgust, stories by two national dailies that there was panic in Ebonyi State over rumoured transfer of some Boko Haram inmates from Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra to Abakaliki Prisons.
“His Excellency, the Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, is surprised that almost 48 hours after he addressed a live press conference denying the rumour, newspapers still went ahead to publish falsehood.”
Umahi had at the news conference unequivocally stated: “Some newsmen here sent me text messages, that Boko Haram prisoners in Anambra State prisons, according to them were relocated to Abakaliki prisons.
“That was a very bad news for me and I said Father, still help me to overcome this challenge. I started making phone calls but at the end of the day, it turned out to be false news. We need to be very careful because that was capable of disintegrating the state and inflicting fears in our people.
“So, we need to screen the information we are getting and one of them (newsmen) said a prison official told him but that was not cautious. So, there is nothing like that. Our people should go about their normal businesses. If such a thing were to happen, what are the criteria that would make Ebonyi State qualify to host such high calibre criminals; the prison space is not there; security is not there; and Ebonyi is too small a place and of course, the governor must be informed as the Chief Security.
“ I want to tell our people that there won’t be such because Ebonyi is not ripe at all to harbour Boko Haram prisoners and we will not harbour them in Jesus name.”
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