{"id":1418273,"date":"2022-04-04T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418273"},"modified":"2022-04-04T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:30:37","slug":"fact-check-did-nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-instruct-his-military-to-be-prepared-for-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-instruct-his-military-to-be-prepared-for-war-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Instruct His Military To \u2018Be Prepared For War\u2019 In Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-instruct-his-military-to-be-prepared-for-war-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nteoma.goodluck\/posts\/pfbid0N9nknqRpJoisM4UJoqDmStqsD5cv9g8xTmqSRYCuqajuN7VGEYdi88pGM8nSg23il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a tweet from Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stating he had advised Nigerian military personnel \u201cto be prepared for war\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Buhari sending such a tweet. It appears to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image shows what appears to be a tweet from Buhari\u2019s verified Twitter account that reads, \u201cWe stand with Ukraine at this trying time really after speaking to President Biden on his plans, I have informed my military personals to be prepared for war!, we will not let this slide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no record of Buhari sending such a tweet. It does not appear on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22We%20stand%20with%20Ukraine%20at%20this%20trying%20time%20really%20after%20speaking%20to%20President%20Biden%20on%20his%20plans%22%20(from%3AMBuhari)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified account<\/a> and none of his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBuhari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">genuine tweets<\/a> mention Ukraine by name. Buhari\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBuhari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official account<\/a>, where the tweet allegedly surfaced, has not been updated since June 2021. The formatting and font of the alleged tweet also do not match those of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBuhari\/status\/1399765390704758786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">genuine tweets<\/a> found on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Nigeria+prepared+for+war+in+Ukraine&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Nigeria+prepared+for+war+in+Ukraine&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30.5894j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> to suggest the Nigerian government recently announced plans to become militarily involved in Ukraine. No such statement telling the military to be \u201cprepared for war\u201d can be found on the Nigerian government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/statehouse.gov.ng\/press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> page or on Buhari\u2019s other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044219794363\/search\/?q=%22We%20stand%20with%20Ukraine%20at%20this%20trying%20time%20really%20after%20speaking%20to%20President%20Biden%20on%20his%20plans%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/muhammadubuhari\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The image shared on Facebook includes the handle \u201c@delsutv\u201d, which corresponds to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/delsutv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a> that has since been suspended. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/02\/fact-check-biden-state-of-the-union-claims-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: 4 Claims From Biden\u2019s 2022 State Of The Union Address)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buhari recently approved $8.5 million in funding to help 5,000 Nigerians stuck in Ukraine evacuate the country, Nigerian news outlet The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/buhari-approves-8-5m-to-evacuate-5000-nigerians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Shortly after the war broke out in Ukraine, Buhari released a statement lamenting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/feb\/28\/nigeria-condemns-treatment-africans-trying-to-flee-ukraine-government-poland-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that Nigerians had been refused entry to Poland, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/NGRPresident\/status\/1498038178657316868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a>, \u201cAll who flee a conflict situation have the same right to safe passage under UN Convention and the colour of their passport or their skin should make no difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a tweet from Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stating he had advised Nigerian military personnel \u201cto be prepared for war\u201d in Ukraine.Verdict: False There<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}