Following enquiries by a few foreign
missions on the raging online controversy about unsavory comments against some
foreign leaders purportedly made by her, we wish to state categorically that
Zahra is indeed on Twitter but the offending handle @Zahra_Buhari has stopped
being her own for a long time since it was compromised by hackers.
Tweets by this handle are therefore not
her own and should be disregarded and considered as the work of hackers seeking
to cause mischief between this country and other friendly states.
Zahra's authentic handle is @ZmBuhari and
any handle other than this on Twitter should be considered as fake and
therefore fraudulent.
It also pertinent to state at this point
that neither the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari nor the other
children are presently on Twitter, Facebook or the various other platforms.
As they the explore the possibilities on
this new territory, we request the general public to ignore the many accounts
on various platforms in their names that currently exist. Such accounts, beside
the authentic one cited above in the name of Zahra are unauthorized and
therefore fake.
Garba Shehu
SSA (Media and Publicity)
State House
Abuja
5th July 2015
