The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) has dismissed social media reports claiming its managing director, Ali Nuhu, is dead.
Naijaonpoint learnt that the rumours began after a Facebook user, Ifeoma Chigbo, shared a video alleging that the veteran actor cum filmmaker had passed away.
Similarly, another post surfaced claiming Nuhu had died in a fatal car accident.
However, the NFC director of public affairs, Brian Etuk, in a statement released on Monday, described the purported death reports as false and malicious.
Etuk confirmed that Nuhu is alive, healthy, and actively performing his duties, adding that actions are being taken against those responsible for spreading the false information.
The statement reads, “The attention of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) has been drawn to the purported passing of Dr. Ali Nuhu, its current Managing Director/Chief Executive being orchestrated within the social media space; and wishes to officially and unambiguously inform the general public that the reports, including videos laced with the pictures of Dr. Ali Nuhu are not only malicious, injurious but false in their entirety.
“Dr. Ali Nuhu is alive, well and discharging the responsibilities of the office of NFC’s Chief Executive, having been appointed by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) on February 12, 2024.
“NFC wishes to draw the attention of perpetrators of these uncouth and dastardly acts, including their sponsors of the dire and unmistakable consequences of their actions, no matter the innocuousness of their intent.
“Meanwhile, appropriate measures have been initiated to arrest this ugly, baleful, and unsatisfactory conduct and trend.
“NFC appreciates the genuine concerns expressed by the general public, private, and public sector stakeholders as a result of the above.”
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