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How Idiroko Border Was Reopened – PRNigeria Truth-Verify Reveals
The story that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not too long ago ordered the reopening of the Idiroko Border is baseless, says a fact-check achieved by PRNigeria.
In response to the fact-check, the declare is even deceptive.
PRNigeria stories {that a} video trending on Social Media gave an impression that Tinubu had instructed the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to re-open the Idiroko border for import and export of products and companies. https://prnigeria.com/2023/06/07/did-tinubu-reopen-idirokos/
Nevertheless, with the intention to confirm the authenticity of the trending video, PRNigeria reached out to the customs spokesperson, Abubakar Maiwada who confirmed through phone chat that Nigeria presently ‘has no closed border.’
In response to him, all of the borders have been opened months in the past to permit exports and imports.
“All our main borders are open. The video exhibiting the Idiroko border opening is a really outdated video {that a} mischief maker simply repackaged to create a flawed narrative,” he defined.
In the meantime, the Space Controller of NCS in Ogun State, Mr Bamidele Makinde additionally dismissed the viral video.
Whereas addressing the newsmen in Abeokuta, Makinde acknowledged that the Idiroko Border had been reopened for import and export enterprise since 2022. This was reported by different media platforms comparable to Punch, Day by day Belief, Eagle On-line amongst others.
Since Might 2015 to Might 29, 2023, Muhammadu Buhari was President earlier than the emergence of Bola Tinubu because the nation’s chief.
Additional fact-checks by PRNigeria point out that the video emerged from shut platforms comparable to WhatsApp and Telegram reasonably than from typical media.
Based mostly on info gathered by PRNigeria, Nigerian borders have been open a number of months in the past in the course of the earlier administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
PRNigeria due to this fact concludes that the trending video on-line claiming that the not too long ago inaugurated authorities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had reopened Idiroko Border is MISLEADING.
