IBB Never Disapproved of Tinubu’s Victory – PRNigeria Fact-check Reveals
By Kabir Abdulsalam
A PRNigeria fack-check has exposed as fake news a statement credited to former Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, in which he expressed disapproval towards Bola Tinubu’s victory at the just concluded Presidential election.
https://prnigeria.com/2023/03/05/ibb-disapprove-tinubu-danfodio/
The claim, according to PR-Nigeria, said the former Head of state, as a way of opposing
Tinubu’s victory shared quote by Uthman Danfodio who founded the Sokoto Caliphate.
PRNigeria findings revealed that the claim was misleading as it was originated from a parody account and not from General Babangida popularly known as IBB who usually expresses opinions through signed statements.
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PRNigeria while quoting the claim said, “Once again, I will like to quote the Late Usman Dan Fodio, who said “The death of thousand good men is not as tragic as having an unfit man in a position of National leadership.”
After a thorough online investigation, a Twitter account which goes by the name ‘Ibrahim B. Babangida’ with username @General_Ibbro and over 80,000 followers was discovered to have been behind the fake tweet.
According to PR-Nigeria more findings revealed that IBB has no social media accounts.
The report while quoting his spokesperson, Prince Kassim Afegbua, disclosed that: “He once clarified this in a widely published rejoinder which countered a similar false claim that he endorsed Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the build-up to the 2023 general elections.
“It is not true, please. Ignore the report of the endorsement. IBB doesn’t have a Twitter handle.
“If he is going to speak, it will be through a signed statement, not Twitter. Those behind the Twitter statement are liars.”
