Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has denied having a fake Twitter account in his name.
The account’s unidentified operator made heinous statements against Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Dahiru (Binani).
The SFG made the announcement in a statement signed by Willie Bassey, Director of Information in the SGF’s office.
“The attention of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, CFR, has been drawn to a fake Twitter handle with a fake user name bearing his name, in which the fake user name dragged his name into making unsavoury comments on the governorship candidates of APC in Adamawa and Zamfara States.
“For the avoidance of doubt, SGF wishes to state categorically that he does not own or operate any Twitter handle by such a user name and therefore calls on Nigerians to disregard any negative comments made with such a username on Twitter against the persons of the Governor of Zamfara State and the Governorship candidate of APC in Adamawa State. He finds it mischievous for any person to attach his name to a fake user account.”
Mustapha urged Nigerians to always ensure they verify posts before reacting to it.
“He, therefore, cautions Twitter users and those who respond to certain posts to always endeavour to verify Twitter handles before responding to posts of any sort,” it added.