Aso Rock: Fake news, no foreign pressure on Buhari
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a statement by femi adesina president buhari media adviser slammed the report as fake news and chided the paper linked with former governor of delta state james ibori for embarrassing itself by abandoning good journalism1 the newspaper can surely do better adesina advised1 under the headline pressure mounts on buhari not to seek re-election the fiction parading as news claims that foreign powers including the european union united states of america united kingdom and saudi arabia are putting pressure on president buhari not to seek re-election due to some concocted reasons1 we thought fake news was the sole preserve of the social media in this season. alas a traditional medium has caught the bug. obviously the author of the story just got a brain wave or got procured by anti-democratic elements and then penned the mischief1 if there are quarters in which president buhari is held in very high esteem and the work he is doing for nigeria highly lauded it is in the countries mentioned. some of them are equally bastions of democracy and will not interfere in the democratic affairs of a sovereign country. the newspaper should simply tell its story to the marines1 president buhari is not a flippant or frivolous individual. he gave deep thought to the prospect before announcing his bid for a second term in office. it is only those who fear that their goose would be cooked if they meet with him at the polls that are trying to dissuade him from running by all means including sponsored newspaper stories1 by saying it got feelers that president buhari may opt out of the 2019 presidential election daily independent embarrassed itself and all those who love good journalism. the newspaper can surely do better1