The Presidency on Thursday
reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly said he does not
know whether he will seek re-election in 2019.
Buhari’s Personal Assistant on
New Media, Ahmad Bashir, while sharing the report by Reuters via his Twitter
handle described it as “fake news.”
Reuters had reported that the
president made the statement while featuring on a radio interview, though the
name of the medium was not mentioned.
Tweet from Reuters reads,
“#Nigeria’s Buhari doesn’t know if he will seek re-election – radio interview”
But in his reaction, the
presidential aide called on the news outlet to provide more information to
backup its report.
The tweet reads, “Good afternoon
Reuters, could you kindly provide more details on this your report, which radio
interview did President @MBuhari talk about 2019 election? #FakeNewsAlert.
“This report from @Reuters is NOT
true, President @MBuhari didn’t grant any radio interview where he talked about
2019 election, for Mr. President, it’s too early to start talking about next
year elections when there are so many important and pressing issues on his
desk.”
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