Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has debunked the social media report that his wife, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano is dead.

Special Assistant on Media to Governor Obiano, Mr Emeka Ozumba, in a statement in Awka said the governor’s wife was alive and well

News broke out on social media Saturday, claiming that Mrs. Obiano was dead.

The rumour was fueled probably by her long absence from official functions in the state.

The report claimed Mrs. Obiano passed on at the weekend after a plastic surgery in the United States of America, USA

Reacting to the story in a statement signed by Ozumba, the governor said the publication was the handiwork of enemies.

In the statement titled “Politicking with Death in Anambra State: The Height of Indecency” the governor’s aide said: “Our attention has been drawn to the vicious rumour injected into the social media by an immoral opposition, alleging that the amiable wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, Osodieme has passed on.

My wife is not dead, she’s hale and hearty – Governor Obiano

“This poisonous lie is a new low in opposition politics in Anambra State and one that must be condemned by anyone who has the slightest respect for the right to life and the dignity of the human person.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano is alive and in the best physical, psychological and emotional condition possible. She has been observing her annual vacation in the United States and has not had any reason to spend a night in the hospital since she arrived the USA.

“We urge the general public to disregard this immoral rumour as there is no semblance of truth to it.

“The power of life and death resides with the Almighty God and no matter what may be the cruel designs of man against his kind, life only comes to an end when it pleases God.”