Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and Social Media to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, has called out Nigerian broadcaster Rufai Oseni for sharing a report that claimed United States President Donald Trump told President Bola Tinubu to leave the United Kingdom and return home to address Nigeria’s security crisis.
The report surfaced online shortly after President Tinubu visited King Charles in the United Kingdom. According to the unverified report, Trump allegedly told Tinubu to go back to Nigeria and sort out the country’s insecurity challenges, referencing the recent deadly explosions in Maiduguri.
The report quoted Trump as allegedly saying, “The situation in Nigeria is a total disaster. Massive coordinated suicide bombings in Maiduguri. A hospital, market, post office, all hit! Many innocent people killed.”
Rufai Oseni, a well-known presenter on Arise Television, reportedly shared the report on his platform, drawing immediate backlash from Olayinka who dismissed it as fake news. Responding on his official X account, Olayinka took a direct swipe at the broadcaster, writing, “Animal anatomist also shared fake news.”
The “animal anatomist” tag is a reference Olayinka has previously used to mock Oseni’s educational background, and his use of it in this context was clearly intended as both a dismissal of the report and a personal jab at the broadcaster.
The incident comes at a time when fabricated statements attributed to Donald Trump about Nigeria have been circulating widely on social media. Senator Shehu Sani had also recently warned Nigerians to stop faking Trump’s statements about the country, cautioning that such actions could unnecessarily draw the American president’s frustration toward Nigeria….See More
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