Admin l Monday, February 17, 2020
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Presidency has responded to online reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari intends to travel to the United Kingdom for 20 days and from there proceed to Saudi Arabia and Australia.
In a statement, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina described the information as nothing but fake news and called on Nigerians to ignore the report.
In the statement titled, “Beware, merchants of fake news on the prowl- Presidency”, he said members of the First family, ministers and others are currently under attack of fake news adding that those behind are enemies of national cohesion.
“Purveyors of fake and concocted Information are currently on overdrive, and Nigerians are urged to be careful what they consume as news, and also share with others, particularly from the social media.
“An unfounded information has been making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to the United Kingdom for 20 days, and from there proceed to Saudi Arabia, and then Austria. Fake. It is nothing but falsehood from mischievous minds.
“Members of the First Family, Ministers, top government officials, the military, and other key institutions, are equally objects of this orchestrated falsehood, coming from enemies of national cohesion.
“We urge Nigerians to be discriminatory about what they accept as credible information, and restrain themselves from sharing what they have not authenticated as genuine. That is how we can all collectively beat the malevolent minds at their pernicious games.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
February 17, 2020
