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By Amaechi Agbo 
Enugu State government has dispelled reports that former Super Eagles captain, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu would be flown abroad for further treatment after the legend took ill last week, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. 
The Hon. Commissioner for Information, Enugu State, Ogbuagu Anikwe, stated this in a press release obtained by Bestchoicesports.com.ng. 
The commissioner bemoaned the dissemination of fake stories on the health condition of the former Enugu Rangers player over his health conditions and wondered how persons could dish out untrue information concerning the former Super Eagles coach heart status. 
Hon. Anikwe said that the “Enugu State Government has so far been restrained in its reaction to the spate of misinformation and outright lies promoted by a friend of the iconic Enugu Rangers player, Mr. Christian Chukwu who is ill and has been hospitalised. This restraint is out of respect to the wishes of both the Chukwu family and the request of his doctors who wanted a space to quietly deal with the emergency situation that brought Chukwu to hospital on a stretcher,” hence the need for the government to come out to state the facts concerning Chukwu’s health condition. 
According to Anikwe, “Today, Chairman Chukwu is walking with a stick and has granted interviews to the BBC and a couple of local media. It is on the strength of this that the Enugu State Government is now putting out the following information and clarifications to explain what is happening to Christian Chukwu and how it is being taken care of:
“He is not a destitute old man abandoned to his fate in the face of an emergency health situation. He is currently the Director of Sports in the Rangers Management Corporation, a public service job that enables him to meet his basic health needs.  
“To date, the doctors taking care of Chukwu have not released a medical report of his health condition to anyone, not even to the state government that has been picking up his bills. It is therefore curious how anyone without this information could have determined that (a) Christian Chukwu needs oversea medical care, and (b) the cost of this oversea care. 
“The Enugu State government notes that the negative stories surrounding Chukwu’s condition originated from the desperation of his friend in the US who is falsely claiming in his appeal fund drive message that Chukwu has been “abandoned.”
“Finally, if at any time the hospital doctors or the Chukwu family indicate that oversea treatment is required, the Enugu State Government will be notified and will respond appropriately,” the commissioner said