Report by BusinessDay newspaper that former President Muhammadu Buhari has moved out of Katsina on insecurity grounds, has drawn the reaction of the country’s immediate-past helmsman.
BusinessDay had published that Buhari left Katsina for UK due to rising tide of insecurity in the Northwest state.
Reacting, Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, refuted the report, and tore into the reporter in a statement he released.
It reads in part, “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.
“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.
“If they had browsed through different sources, they will have seen reports of the former President having returned 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.”
