Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (APGA), representing Abia South senatorial zone, has refuted a media report that he was shot dead in Abia.
Abaribec dismissed the report as “fake news and damn lie.”
The former Senate Minority Leader spoke in an interview at the burial of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, saying there was no element of truth in the report.
He urged members of the public to discountenance the fictitious story that only existed in the imagination of purveyors.
The former Deputy Governor of Abia State, who said he was hale and hearty, recalled that the same online news platform that published the fake news had always published misleading reports about him probably to get undue attention.
“I want all Nigerians to know that this is the second time that particular news site called Igbo Times has come out with this type of fake news about my death.
“So, let everybody see everything that comes from Igbo Times as nothing but lies and lies, damn lies!”
Senator Abaribe said that the expectations of his demise were highly exaggerated.
He cautioned the press against publishing or running with mischievous reports.
Responding to the exit of Pribce Ogbulafor, Senator Abaribe said Abia had lost another great asset and an amiable patriot.
The Senator described the former PDP chieftain as a peacemaker who never quarrelled with anybody.
“We are here because we came to mourn our friend, brother and compatriot.
“He was always a man of peace – somebody who never had any bone of hatred in his body. He related with everybody, very peacefully, and never at anytime, had personal issues with anybody.
“If he had disagreement, it was political, and after that, he would still embrace you as a friend,” Abaribe said.
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