According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the report was a fabrication of the purveyors and should not be taken seriously by Nigerians.
Shehu stated this in a statement on Friday, March 24, 2023, where he also condemned the attribution and circulation of such a quote to President Buhari by those he called the “fake news brigade.”
While describing the reports as “outrageous and fake,” the presidential spokesman explained that the Transition Committee, consisting of representatives of the outgoing administration and the incoming one has been meeting almost on a daily basis to plan the handover to the Tinubu/Shettima administration.
