By IJENDU IHEAKA

Abia Government has refuted the reports by some online persons claiming that the Osisioma Flyover on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway collapsed and killed some persons.

Gov. Alex Otti’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that some trolls did an AI-generated video trending online.

Ekeoma said the intention of the trolls were to tarnish the image of the state government and induce fear in people especially persons living in Aba and using the interchange.

He said that there was no such incident as the collapse of the Flyover at Osisioma Junction hence no record of any death from such phantom accident.

He counseled residents to be wary of evil-minded persons who saw nothing good in the state government and urged them to always report any problem to available government agencies for action.

A NAN Correspondent who visited the Flyover on Saturday morning reports that the interchange did not collapse.

However, the section of the Flyover which reported some potholes in 2024 had begun developing potholes again.

The potholes appeared at the abutments which were filled with red sand during the construction of the Flyover on the side facing Umuahia.

It would be recalled that this section had begun developing potholes less than two years after former Gov Okezie Ikpeazu inaugurated it in 2022.

However, Otti’s administration came and fixed that portion which had started developing potholes again. (NAN)