Existence of certain surfaces in flat riemannian 3-manifold

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Let $(M,g)$ be a closed orientable connected riemannian $3$-manifold (closed means compact and without boundary).

Is the following affirmation true?

Afirmação: If $(M,g)$ is flat, then there is a closed orientable connected surface $\Sigma$ embedded in $M$ such that $\Sigma$ has positive genus and the induced homomorphism in the fundamental groups by inclusion $i:\Sigma\rightarrow M$ is injective.