By Adesina Soyooye
Perish the thought. Chief Tony Ezenna, founder and Chairman of Orange Drugs Group is alive. He is not dead.
Some social media platforms were agog with the story that he had passed on, another high profile victim of COVID-19.
But the story turned out to be fake from the pit of help. He neither tested positive for COVID-19, not hospitalized for any illness.
A statement hurriedly cobbled together by his Media Adviser, Ingram Osigwe, to douse the panic and tension the fake news caused nationwide and abroad,
appealed to the public to ignore the satanic rumour. He disclosed that investigations were on to reveal the root of the wicked and malicious story.
The statement reads:
“This is to appeal to the general public to disregard the rumour about the death of Chief Tony Ezenna, Chairman of Orange Group.
“The rumour is malicious and the hand work of mischief makers as the Ikenga Akokwa is neither sick nor dead.
“Investigations are on-going to unravel the source of this wicked rumour with the view to bringing the culprit(s) to book.
“Chief Ezenna wishes to assure his friends, family and associates that he is hale and hearty.”
