The allegation by a national daily that the former President had left the country and was currently in exile was dismissed as false Friday night by Mallam Garba Shehu, the spokesman for former President Muhammadu Buhari.

The former president Buhari recently congratulated President Bola Tinubu on becoming the new head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and at the same time.

In response to a newspaper report that said Buhari had left the country after handing over to President Tinubu, Shehu said the claim lacked credibility and asked media outlets to verify all of their information.

He claimed that Buhari was in his native Daura, in Katsina state, with his family.

According to him, “For misleading the otherwise credible newspaper to falsely report on their front page that former President Muhammadu Buhari has “fled” and on “exile” when he is currently at home with family in Daura, Katsina State, BusinessDay newspaper should sack their reporter who didn’t do the job of checking his facts.

“BusinessDay should think 10 times before running any information from the particular reporter and verify it before believing him. Every platform has tools to verify any information and we don’t expect anything less from BusinessDay.

“If they had browsed through different sources, they would have seen reports of the former President having come back home and enjoying the company of his family.

“A single fake news in a newspaper has the capability to destroy a reputation built on years of hard work.”