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Presidency has debunked reports that Vice President Kashim Shettima was denied access to the Presidential Villa
The Presidency has debunked reports that Vice President Kashim Shettima was denied access to the Presidential Villa.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (office of the Vice-President), Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, described the report as “deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood”.
In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, Nkwocha said the publication was a story so far removed from reality.
According to him, such misinformation can only be entertained by those unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Nigerian government.
Nkwocha, therefore, urged the public to disregard such malicious publications and advised the media to continue to seek information from credible sources and approach sensational claims with the caution it deserves.
“This we owe ourselves collectively as a nation,” he added.
He said that in recent times, there has been deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood against the vice president’s person and office in many multidimensional forms.
”These mischievous and totally fabricated reports are all in a bid to cause confusion and insinuate total clash in the presidency.
”These reports seek to mislead the public into believing there’s discord at the highest levels of government.
”The latest in this string of disinformation is a report claiming that the vice president has been refused entry to the villa.
”This is a feeble attempt to traduce the person and office of His Excellency, Vice President Kashim Shettima. For the record, NOTHING OF THE SORT EVER HAPPENED.
”The recent publication by some obscure blogs alleging that armed military units have barricaded the vice president from accessing the presidential villa is not only the wildest expression of wishful thinking.
“(It’s) a clear indication that the purveyors of these tales have exhausted both ink and imagination.”
Nkwocha said earlier this week that the presidency dismissed similar fake news about responsibility for the circulation of campaign posters bearing the images of President Bola Tinubu.
