Hassan Abdulsalam and Sultan Quadri

SUMMARY

A widely circulated news story carried by different news outlets suggests that President Muhammad Buhari will Address the country by 7pm Today. A statement was allegedly issued by Femi Adeshina, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari.

CONCLUSION

The content of the news story is completely false. Femi Adeshina has debunked the claim today on his Twitter handle.

FULL TEXT

A claim that suggests that President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation today was published here and here

It claimed that a statement was published by Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari and it read that, “Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively for the broadcast,”

VERIFICATION

The special Assistance to President Muhammad Buhari, Femi Adeskma has debunked the statement that it is false and fake news.

Adesina Debunked the statement on his verify Tweeter handle @FemAdesina

“Kindly ignore the fake news that President Muhammadu Buhari is poised to address the nation in a broadcast tonight . It is from the mischievous minds of mischief makers.” He tweeted