Presidency Denies Buhari Planning 20-Day UK Vacation

The presidency, on Monday, refuted reports making the round that President Muhammadu Buhari would be embarking on a 20-day vacation to the United Kingdom before proceeding to Saudi Arabia and Austria.

Buhari’s senior media adviser, Femi Adesina, described the report as “fake news” emanating from “mischievous minds”.

The presidential aide cautioned members of the public against accepting every report as true without verifying them.

“Purveyors of fake and concocted Information are currently on overdrive, and Nigerians are urged to be careful what they consume as news, and also share with others, particularly from the social media,” he said.

“An unfounded information has been making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to the United Kingdom for 20 days, and from there proceed to Saudi Arabia, and then Austria. Fake. It is nothing but falsehood from mischievous minds.

“Members of the First Family, Ministers, top government officials, the military, and other key institutions, are equally objects of this orchestrated falsehood, coming from enemies of national cohesion.

“We urge Nigerians to be discriminatory about what they accept as credible information, and restrain themselves from sharing what they have not authenticated as genuine. That is how we can all collectively beat the malevolent minds at their pernicious games.”