The presidency has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari,
his family, ministers, and the service chiefs are now targets of a new drive by
those described as ‘purveyors of fake news’.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, cited a news item, claiming that
President Buhari is due for a 20-day trip to the United Kingdom, as one of such
fabrications.
Alerting the general public to the new development and
warning them to be ‘discriminatory’ in consuming unverified stories, especially
from the social media, the statement, the statement noted this is the only way
to beat this new wave of attack.
“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 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”, the statement said.
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