The Presidency has reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the Borno State government an additional N2 billion monthly to feed surrendered Boko Haram members.
Buhari’s Media Aide, Garba Shehu, said such
claims on social media were fake.
Shehu said the president never mentioned
such when he visited Shehu’s palace in Maiduguri recently.
In a series of tweets, the presidential
aide urged Nigerians to disregard such claims, which he described as a buzz on
social media.
According to Shehu: “The message making the
buzz in the social media that the “Federal Government has been giving
N2.00Billion every month to Borno State in addition to N16.00Billion given
earlier to feed surrendered Boko Haram detainees” should be dismissed for what
it is: FAKE NEWS.
“We urge you all to stay away from
fraudsters and rumours. President Buhari did not say a word about money at the
Shehu’s Palace or anywhere that he visited on his recent trip to Maiduguri.”