Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Sunday, dismissed the report that suggested that he prevailed upon President Muhammadu Buhari not to scrap the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS).
Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity in a statement, said evil people were ascribing fake stories to him.
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He urged Nigerians to disregard the publication as “lie from the pit of hell” and “falsehood from a diseased mind bent on causing disaffection”.
The statement reads: “An online newspaper published by a so-called journalist notorious for fake stories has published that President Muhammadu Buhari was to have scrapped the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) on Friday, but was prevailed upon by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, not to do so.
“The tendentious publication claimed Adesina hinged his argument on the fact that ‘the administration should not surrender to Twitter warriors.’
“While the FSARS saga lasted, I did not say a word on it, whether publicly or privately. Why? It was not within my brief. It rested squarely with the Nigeria Police Force, which has its own spokesman.
“For the online publication to have cooked outright falsehood against me shows the riot that is going on in that space, in the name of journalism.
“The brain behind the blog had always twisted stories against me and his former employers would testify that I had officially reported him about twice, till I then declined to grant him interviews again.
“The publication should please be treated as what it is: lie from the pit of hell. A concoction, falsehood from a diseased mind, bent on causing disaffection against other people.”
