Nigeria’s immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari is in Daura, Katsina state and not in exile, according to his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Shehu debunked a report by a national daily that the former President fled the country and is now in exile.
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“For misleading the otherwise credible newspaper to falsely report on their front page that former President Muhammadu Buhari has “fled” and on “exile” when he is currently at home with family in Daura, Katsina State, BusinessDay newspaper should sack their reporter who didn’t do the job of checking his facts,” Shehu tweeted.
“BusinessDay should think 10 times before running any information from the particular reporter and verify it before believing him.
“Every platform has tools to verify any information and we don’t expect anything less from BusinessDay.”
Shehu said that if they had browsed through different sources, they would have seen reports of the former President having come back home and enjoying the company of his family.
“A single fake news in a newspaper has the capability to destroy a reputation built on years of hard work,” Buhari’s spokesperson wrote.
