Yekinni Raji and Adebola Adebayo
SUMMARY
A viral news story making rounds on social media suggests that President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown by 60 days.
CONCLUSION
This claim is absolutely false. President Muhammadu Buhari last address on Monday, April 13, 2020, and broadcasted on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), stated that the extension of the lockdown will run for two weeks starting from, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Since then, he has not made any address to the Nation.
FULL TEXT
The claim which has been posted and read by Nigerians on various blogs with the headline: “We have to add extra 60 days to the lockdown – President Buhari (see photos)” can be found here. As at the time of this report it has been viewed 21,454 times.
The body of the story contains a statement allegedly made by President Muhammadu that a 60-day lockdown extension effective from “Monday, 16th of April, 2020” was declared.
VERIFICATION
In his nationwide broadcast on Monday, the President, Muhammadu Buhari announced the extension of the lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State by two weeks.
The quoted text in the body of the story was extracted from President Muhammadu Buhari’s address on April 13, 2020.
The false story that has been published by various blogs was an attempt to gain traffics. Such a declaration has not been issued by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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