As countries around the world continue to intensify efforts aimed at halting the spread of the dreaded Corona Virus, peddlers of fake news have also continued to misinform the unsuspecting public. Our fake news detectives on patrol of cyberspace, spotted a content currently circulating, with the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an extension of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja for another 60 days.
The spurious comment which was traced to an obscure blog claims that “it has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun as well as the FCT for another 60 days effective from 11:59 on Monday 16th April 2020”.
The latest fake news material is a distortion of the presidential broadcast of Monday 13th April 2020. The president had announced an extension of the lockdown in some parts of the country for another two weeks in that broadcast. Apart from this distortion of the President’s previous broadcast, the publication also claimed that the new lockdown extension is effective from Monday 16th April. As anyone can confirm, 16th April is a Thursday. The public is therefore advised to be wary of these merchants of distortion and always verify information online before believing and sharing.
This COVID-19 Fact Check is produced through collaboration between The Explainer and Platinum Post, with support from the Resource Centre for Human Rights& Civic Education and Misereor KZE of Germany.
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