The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed has denied report that he attributed the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to return to the country on Sunday to a faulty aircraft.
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On Sunday, President Buhari was expected to return to Nigeria having completed his 10-day leave, which he is spending in the UK but wrote to the National Assembly to extend his vacation on medical grounds.
The letter has fueled the rumour of the President’s death and sickness further as social media is awash with a statement allegedly made by Alh. Lai Mohammed attributing Buhari’s failure to return to a faulty aircraft.
The Minister has, however, denied the statement credited to him. Clearing the air through a statement he released on Sunday, he said, “Our attention has been drawn to a report quoting the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as saying the President’s return to Nigeria may be hampered by a faulty aircraft.
“The Minister has not spoken to anyone on the issue of the President’s return, hence this report is another from the stable of the purveyors of fake news and should be disregarded.”[email-subscribers namefield=”YES” desc=”” group=”Public”]
