Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied speaking on the return of President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Buhari was expected to return to the country today February 5 and resume work on Monday February 6 after a 10-day holiday in the United Kingdom.
However, Mohammed was credited with a statement widely circulated in the social media stating that the President won’t return as planned because of a faulty aircraft.
In a statement by his aide, Mr. Segun Adeyemi, the minister said that: “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.”
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