Sam Omatseye, a peot, journalist and presenter with TV Continental has been caught posting a ‘fake’ photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari and President-elect Bola Tinubu in Mecca.
Omatseye on 12th April through his verified Twitter handle posted a photograph purportedly of the president and president-elect in Mecca.
“ASIWAJU TINUBU. PRESIDENT ELECT AND PRESIDENT BUHARI AT MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA TODAY, APRIL 12, 2023.”
But a reverse search of the photograph reveals it’s an old picture from 2019.
While Buhari left the country to Mecca for Umrah, the Lesser Pilgrimage on Tuesday, April 11, Tinubu travelled to France on Tuesday March 21 for what his media team said was for rest and preparations ahead his inauguration on May 29.
Tunde Rahman, the spokesperson for Mr Tinubu, in a statement said the president-elect will also observe the lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia.
“After a very exhaustive campaign and election season, President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of May 29, 2023 inauguration. From there he will also travel to Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj.”
