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Claim
An X user shared an image of President Bola Tinubu and former Nigeria leader Muhammadu Buhari, and claimed the two had an important meeting in London recently.
Verdict
This claim is MISLEADING. This photo of Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari first appeared online in August 2021 when the later visited the former in London.
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An X user, Aina Dipo shared an image of President Bola Tinubu and the ex Nigeria leader, Muhammadu Buhari and claimed the duo had a meeting recently in London, UK.
Bola Tinubu is currently the president of Nigeria. He took over from Muhammadu Buhari who ruled the country for eight years (2015-2023).
This post has generated over 80k views and more than 85 reposts on X.
A few days ago, FACTWATCH ran a Fact Check on a claim made Aina and findings show that the claim was Misleading.
Verification
First, this Fact Checker subjected the image to Google image revers and results showed that image of Bola Tinubu, and Muhammadu Buhari together, first appeared online in August 2021.
Results from Google lens led this Fact Checker to news publications that reported that Mr Buhari had visited Mr Tinubu on Friday shortly before departing London for Nigeria, after spending 19 days in the United Kingdom.
The ex Nigeria president had attended a global education summit in the UK and used the remaining days for his medical check-up.
Mr Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, has been in the UK for about one month, as speculations continue to mount over his health status.
See other news publications this similar story Here and Here.
Checks by this Fact Checker indicated that there’s no credible news organization in Nigeria that reported Mr Buhari and president Tinubu had meeting in London recently.
Conclusion
Simple findings show that the image was first taken in 2021.
