As series of attacks bomb blast rage in Adamawa state, Adamawa State Government has yesterday refuted a foreign report that there was a clash between a gang of Boko Haram in Koma district to the effect that 18 persons were slaughtered like ram, describing the report as total falsehood.
The government reaction was contained in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Government House in Yola, Alhaji Ahmed Sajoh, describing the foreign media report as untrue and most regrettable that someone out of mischief dished out falsehood to the media to cause confusion in the polity.
“ This is false, malicious and regrettable. Those who supplied the radio journalist the information did so out of sheer wickedness and mischief,” Sajoh said.
According to him, he and a team of government officials went to Koma on facts-finding mission to ascertain the true position of things but discovered that the said report was not true, as the government officials held meeting with principal officers of the area who also refuted the report.
“There was a meeting at the palace of the District Head of Koma where the seven village heads, imams, pastors and community leaders expressed shock at the news of killings in their localities.
“At the end of the meeting, the district head of Chomcha spoke to journalists asserting that nothing of the sort took place in the area.”
The state director of press advised citizens of the state to be wary of those that dish out falsehood to journalists and to be vigilant and security conscious, while rumour mongers should avoid anything capable of causing tension in the state.
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