Police Responds To Anambra Human Eating Restaurant Reports, BBC Replies

Last week, a report by BBC and other news outlets that an Akwa based restaurant was closed down by the Police for selling human flesh in its menu went viral but the Anambra State Police Command on Sunday debunked the report.


In a telephone interview with Punch on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Uche Eze, said,

    “There was nothing like that. I advise you to ignore that report. It’s not true and it did not happen. We don’t have such record. It’s embarrassing.”

However the BBC in its report, maintained that there was such restaurant in Awka. It said,

    “Residents told police of rumours that the restaurant was cooking human meat for customers. Police then raided the restaurant, where they discovered fresh human heads that were still bleeding. The blood was in the process of being drained into a plastic bag.”

Efforts by newsmen in Awka to get the location or name of the restaurant yielded no results."