
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has dismissed the claim that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Amid reports that some presidential aides have contracted the virus, the minister stated that he was neither in isolation nor received treatment for the disease.
“For the record, the minister does not have COVID-19, hence he is neither in isolation nor receiving treatment anywhere,” his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, said in a statement on Sunday.
“That report, which was first published by an online newspaper and then latched on to by some mainstream lapdog media, once again highlights the uphill task we face in our campaign to stamp out fake news and misinformation.
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