Ebonyi State Governor, Chief Dave Umahi, has insisted that Boko Haram inmates at Ekwulobia prisons in Anambra State have not been transferred to Ebonyi State. He was reacting to reports in two national dailies that the Islamic sect inmates have been relocated from Anambra to Ebonyi State prisons.
Umahi, who dismissed the rumour of the transfer of the inmates to the state through his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, said “We read with utter disgust, stories by two national dailies that there was panic in Ebonyi State over rumour of the transfer of some Boko Haram inmates from Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra 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.
