Buhari Launches Website To Counter PDP Attacks [See Photo]

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.