Photos: Nigeria soldiers force injections on pupils, In Anambra

Panic overshadowed the commencement of the Nigerian Army free medical outreach for civilians in Biafra land Anambra on Wednesday, following social media reports that Nigeria soldiers were injecting school children with dangerous substances. 

Newsmen learnt that the report, which is apparently, forced schools to send pupils and students home while parents rushed to schools to pick their children and wards out of fear.

However, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Akabuike, while dismissing the social media reports, explained the pandemonium was caused by fears of monkey pox disease, currently reported in some parts of the country.

In a remark, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Abubakar, explained that the exercise was part of Operation Python Dance II in the South-East. Represented by Brig.-Gen. J.O. Ugwuoke, the GOC said the exercise had taken place in Enugu, Imo, Ebony, Abia and was now in Anambra.