MOHAMMED Abubakar, son of the former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has cautioned against the spread of fake news stating that it could aggravate the health condition of confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
In a 5 minutes, 22 seconds footage Abubakar narrated how his co-residents in the estate became the purveyor of false information when he was announced as the index case of the pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“Currently, I’m on my 12th day here. I hope to be out soon. Perhaps when my next test is taken and the results are favourable, I’ll hopefully be on my way out,” Abubakar said.
“One thing I will like to speak to Nigerians is that fake news is very bad. It compounds your problem if you are in a vulnerable situation. Perhaps, being from a political family, I didn’t really feel that pain as much but people who are more vulnerable it could really affect their health and their immune system as well,” he claimed.
“So, let me urge people out there to be very circumspect the way they treat information. Let them be careful in spreading information that is false. These things aggravate our health conditions. In my case, even people within the estate I live in were purveyors of fake news. It is quite unfortunate but I’m not here to talk about the specifics.”
His father, who was Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate during the last 2019 election on Thursday, shared the video to seek how relevant stakeholders and other individuals could learn from his experience and team up to collectively work to end the scourge in the country.
“My son, Mohammed Atiku shares his experience with COVIDー19. Together, we can learn from his experience and work to defeat this pandemic for our common good,” he tweeted.
It could be recalled that Atiku broke the news of his son contracting the COVID-19 virus on his verified Twitter handle. Different reports were also published regarding claims that Abubakar visited clubs and spread the infection shortly after his arrival from abroad.
Abubakar, however, advised the public to desist from sharing unverified information and not to politicise the COVID-19 pandemic, in a time like this.
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