Anambra Denies Invasion Of International Cargo Airport By Cattle

There was no invasion of the newly erected Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport by Fulani herders, the state government said Friday.

C. Don Adinuba, commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Anambra State, stated this in a release. He said the perpetrators of the allegations were enemies of the state.

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According to him, “We refute with all the emphasis at our disposal the report that a group of Fulani herdsmen and their herd of cattle invaded the newly-built and commissioned Anambra State International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri.

“Nothing could be further from the truth. Even by the standard of sensational journalism, the report took fiction too far.

“There was no case of cattle herders gaining ‘entry from the Umueri route to the airport, destroying farms close to the airport’.

“The report does not make any mention of cross-checking with the Anambra State government that built the airport and runs it, or the airport security or even the police.

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“Some envious elements within the political firmament have gone to great lengths to run down the landmark achievement of building the state-of-the-art airport by Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State in record time, but it goes beyond the pale trying to manufacture fictions about a fanciful Fulani cattle invasion.

“The cattle being bred in the Umueri area for many years belong to Anambra farmers and investors, not to any imagined Fulani invaders.

“The perimetre fencing of the airport is up-to-date and cannot be breached easily, not by man or even far less by cattle. The security is sophisticatedly electronic and manual.

“The reckless journalism of inventing fictions and appealing to the base indulgencies of opposition partisan political elements deserves condemnation by all Nigerians.

“Two of Nigeria’s most reputable airline companies, Allen Onyema’s Air Peace and Obiora Okonkwo’s United Nigeria Airlines, are already running regular flights to and fro Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, and the passengers have never ever complained about security at the airport.”

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Adinuba advised the public to ‘be conscious of attempts to spin fibs to run down well-constituted projects designed to enhance Nigeria’s development’.

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