The U.S embassy has denied a tweet attributed to U.S. Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, where he reportedly made negative comments about the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Embassy, in its twitter account @USEmbassyAbuja, on Thursday said such statement should be regarded as fake news.
The tweet read: “I personally refused to meet him or have anything to do with him (Atiku).
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“I am really surprised that an individual indicted by the United States of America of huge corruption is being considered for Nigerian president…U.S. Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo”
The embassy said such statement in either facebook or received via WhatsApp should be regarded as fake.
“FakeNews Alert! If you have seen such manufactured content on @facebook, or received it via @WhatsApp. Please communicate that it’s fake news,” the embassy stated.
NAN
