{"id":700921,"date":"2019-09-07T19:25:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T19:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/07\/waec-certificate-video-of-me-begging-nigerians-to-forgive-buhari-doctored\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T19:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T19:25:27","slug":"waec-certificate-video-of-me-begging-nigerians-to-forgive-buhari-doctored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/07\/waec-certificate-video-of-me-begging-nigerians-to-forgive-buhari-doctored\/","title":{"rendered":"WAEC Certificate: Video Of Me Begging Nigerians To Forgive Buhari Doctored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_704622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704622\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-704622\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/b.jpg\" alt=\"Lai Mohammed and President Buhari\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lai Mohammed and President Buhari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s minister of information, Lai Mohammed had come under severe attack on Friday, after a video wherein he was pleading with Nigerians to forgive President Muhammadu Buhari over his West African Examination Council(WAEC) emerged online.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement on Saturday, the minister said the 2015 video was doctored making it look like he was begging Nigerians to forgive the president.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads thus, \u201dA pattern is emerging of the antics of the desperate opposition to latch on to the use of fake news and disinformation as a strategy to trigger chaos in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Friday (6 Sept 2019), they doctored and circulated the video of my appearance on Channels Television on January 2015 (when I was the spokesman of the APC) to make it look like I was begging Nigerians to forgive President Buhari for not having a school certificate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorse still, they posted the video afresh, giving the impression it happened last Thursday and that I acted in my capacity as Minister of Information and Culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Reactions Trail Lai Mohammed\u2019s Call For Pardon Over Buhari\u2019s Missing Certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201dUnfortunately for them, this doctored video came out on the same day a report emerged that the PDP had sent lawyers and party agents to the University of Cambridge to confirm the authenticity of the President\u2019s West African school certificate, only to be stunned to discover that not only did the President write the examination, he also passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dOne would have expected a party that trumpets its belief in the rule of law, a party that challenged the result of the last presidential election in court, to wait patiently for the impending judgement on the issue instead of engaging in underhand tactics and resorting to self-help,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThis is just the beginning. Nigerians should expect an explosion of fake news and disinformation in the days and weeks ahead. This is because the desperation of this opposition is alarming. But their strategy will fail, just like every other dubious strategy that they have been employing in their desperate bid to grab power,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lai Mohammed and President Buhari Nigeria\u2019s minister of information, Lai Mohammed had come under severe attack on Friday, after a video wherein he was pleading with Nigerians to forgive President Muhammadu Buhari over his West African Examination Council(WAEC) emerged online. 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