Kudos, Knocks For DSS As Author Of Phantom Buhari – Wedding Is Apprehended

The man behind the sensational but false social media buzz about Muhammadu Buhari’s second marriage to his minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Faouq has been apprehended.

While some lauded the DSS for its investigation and the arrest of the suspect, others thought that the security agency had more important assignments instead of pursuing what some thought as a civil matter.

The man’s name was given as Kabiru Mohammed, a Kano indigene who according to operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS was the author of the fake narrative about the marriage.

The marriage plans which was backed with wedding invitation cards that circulated on social media so moved many government officials who stormed the National Mosque, Abuja on October 11, 2019 the designated day for the supposed wedding.

However, on the day of the supposed wedding the supposed bride was far away in New York on a government assignment while the supposed groom, was according to report largely unaware of the buzz around him.

Parading the suspect at the DSS headquarters on Friday, January 3, 2020, DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, said the DSS investigation was upon a complaint lodged with the service by the Minister for Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed who also appeared in the videos promoting the phantom wedding.

He said: “Last year, 2019 between August and October there was a defamatory video that circulated widely across Nigeria and showing false engagement of Mr President in marriage with some members of his cabinet. One was the Minister for Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed and another was that of the Minister for Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq.

“On the 11thof October, 2019 the Honourable Minister for Finance, brought a formal complaint to the Service in which she stated that the video had cost her big embarrassment and asked that an investigation be opened into that audio/video and the materials associated with it, the infographics and all the materials that were in circulation at the moment.

“She asked that a detailed investigation be opened in that regard with a view to identifying the persons or groups of persons that may have been behind the circulation of such defamatory materials.

“The Service went into investigation and we can announce that it had apprehended the person that is involved and the person who started this and who circulated the materials. His name is Kabiru Mohammed. He hails from Kano. He is 32 years. He holds a diploma in Hausa and Fulfulde from the Federal College of Education, Kano and also holds a diploma in Mass Communication from Aminu Kano Islamic School, according to him.

“He has confessed and investigation has also revealed his involvement in the creation of these materials and the circulation of the materials. Investigation is continuing to determine the actual reasons behind his intent. What we can assure you as Nigerians is that we would continue to deepen this investigation and bring it to a logical conclusion.

“We will do everything needful within the ambit of the law to bring this to a logical conclusion, as to determine whether there is or not other persons, interests and motives behind this other than what he has said.

“We want to use this opportunity to once again please ask Nigerians as always that the spread of false news through the social media does not do well for any person. You may enjoy the spread of such falsehood when you are not the victim. But if you become the victim, you will know the pain. And we want to urge every citizen and residents and of course Nigerians, that anywhere they are, they should desist from spreading falsehoods, misrepresentations, rumours against one another, against then government, and against institutions of government.

“By the time you click that button and you spread or participate in sharing news that is not true, you are helping in causing disharmony, you are helping in bringing problem in the country. And you are also feeding on differences in the country to bring about chaos, anarchy and instability.

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