Viral WhatsApp audio message claims President Buhari and his chief of staff flew out of the country for coronavirus treatment.
Viral WhatsApp audio message claims President Buhari and his Chief of Staff flew out of the country for coronavirus treatment., Credible sources from the presidency clarify that Abba Kyari who tested positive for COVID-19 is in Lagos for treatment. As regarding the President, no credible reports suggest he is infected with the novel coronavirus; not to mention absconding…, Since the onset of COVID-19 in December 2019, over 199 countries have instances with over 465,915 confirmed cases; not to mention, the death toll is over 21,000. It is indeed, a dire picture., Bringing it home, Nigeria currently has confirmed 65 active cases; 3 discharged and 1 death. In essence, Nigeria now records at least 5 cases of COVID-19 on an average every day., On Tuesday, it was widely reported that the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari was tested positive to Coronavirus after his visit to Germany on March 7 and returned about a week later. Indeed, the minister of health, Osagie Ehanire confirmed that a top aide to the president is infected with the virus., Further, on Thursday, a voice message went viral on WhatsApp and Twitter claiming Mr Buhari and Mr Kyari have been flown out of the country to the United Kingdom for treatment., Firstly, Dubawa checks traced this message to a sound cloud recording by a certain Jackson Ude; after which news blog “TheInfong” amplified this message with a report and subsequently, social media interactions., Buhari and Abba Kyari allegedly flown out of Nigeria for Coronavirus treatment : LEAKED AUDIO https://t.co/KSUp7HodyG, To verify this claim, Dubawa reached out to Garba Shehu, the spokesperson to the president who neither denied nor confirmed the travel claim., We, however, go clarification from anonymous sources in the presidency. According to them, while Abba Kyari is not in Abuja, he did not travel abroad. Instead, he was transferred to a Lagos treatment facility., Additionally, Bashir Ahmed, the special assistant to the president on new media, debunked the travel claim., FAKE NEWS ALERT: The voice note that President @MBuhari and Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari have been secretly flown out of the country is totally UNTRUE. It was intentionally recorded to cause chaos and fear. This fake news was originated and being circulated by one @jacksonpbn., Finally, considering facts from RELIABLE sources, it is FALSE to say that Mr Kyarri was flown out of the country. Further, given the fact that the presidency placed travel restrictions, it would be baseless conjecture to suggest that they “sneaked away”. It is also worth noting the recent proliferation of falsehoods regarding the state of public officeholders; the reason for this, we do not know. Perhaps this is happening because of the one confirmed positive?, Notwithstanding, we reiterate you always take caution in what information you are reading or believing. Credible news platforms are also a go-to for relevant updates., Adejumo Kabir is a student journalist at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is a great researcher with many investigative journalism awards to his name.  He loves community journalism and supports all aspects of public enlightenment. He has experience writing well-researched papers for online publications. He was Finalist for Best Student Fact Checker category of the African Fact Checking Awards, South Africa in 2018., 3 mins read Information circulating across social media platforms, best illustrated through this link..., 3 mins read UPDATE A fresh report by PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday, 25th June..., 5 mins read Pulse Nigeria claims that Diezani, former petroleum minister’s Dominican diplomatic passport..., 3 mins read A news report by Daily Trust claims the 200,000 capacity yam..., Copyright © 2020 Dubawa
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