Presidential candidate of the All
Progressive Congress (APC)
Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday
launched a fact-checking website to
counter all attacks on his personality by
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A statement by his media aide said the
site is dedicated to sharing “facts and
disapproving many lies being told by
the Goodluck Jonathan campaign
against Muhammadu Buhari.”
“This is announcing FactChecki.ng, a
fact-checking site dedicated to sharing
the facts and the figures, and disproving
many lies being told by the Goodluck
Jonathan campaign against
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential
candidate of the All Progressives
Congress,” the statement said.
“Happy New Year! 2015 is the year we
reset Nigeria’s clock by electing
competence,” ‘Gbenga Sesan, a social
entrepreneur team and a member
working on the site, said.
“Let’s kill lies against #GMB16 via
factchecki.ng,” he said.
“Our volunteer effort seeks to kill lies
that are introduced to discourage you
from supporting the candidacy of
Muhammadu Buhari/Yemi Osinbajo.
Please share the facts from the
FactCheki.ng website with everyone –
via SMS, through your favourite radio/
TV shows, on social media and much
more,” Sesan said.
He urged Nigerians to cross check any
statement by the PDP by mailing it to
the site.
“If you come across any lies about
Buhari or any claims which accuracy
you are not sure of, please send such to
lies@factchecki.ng,” the statement said.
Daily Trust reporter visited the site
around 2:44pm on Thursday; some of
the controversial claims against Buhari
being addressed include questions such
as “Did Muhammadu Buhari call for
post-election violence or ask his
supporters to kill? Did Buhari say
Muslims should only vote for Muslim
leaders? Did Buhari promise to make
Nigeria ungovernable?”
The site handlers provided detailed
answers to these controversial issues by
providing video clips, online links to
newspapers stories, among others to
convince their audience.
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