JIBRIN FROM SUDAN: It is ‘idiotic’, ‘stupid’, ‘silly’ to claim Buhari cloned– FG

The Federal Government has finally reacted to claims circulating online that President Muhammadu Buhari was cloned.

It described such claims as “idiotic”, “stupid” and “silly”, saying those peddling the rumours did not deserve the government’s reaction.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the reaction in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Thursday.

His response followed questions that the Federal Government should clear the air on the allegation.

The rumours largely grew from a claim by Nnamdi Kanu, fugitive leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), that the President Buhari died after his severe illness and was cloned into a certain Jibrin from Sudan.

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Dismissing the claim, Mohammed said, “It is idiotic to say the President is cloned. I don’t see any serious government responding to that.

“So, the same Jibrin that was cloned from Sudan or Chad is in Chad now? Isn’t that stupid?

“They even said he is from Chad. Yet, the same President is in Chad as we speak. The same Jibrin is remembering what the President did while in Petroleum Trust Fund and he is also remembering what he did when he was head of state between 1983 and 1985.

“All the ministers do not know who is before them when they attend the Federal Executive Council meeting? The President remembers memos he had seen or heard about in 1985 and we say he is cloned.

“So, Jibril from Chad or Sudan will now remember all of these? It is too silly for the government to respond to this. It must be ignored.”

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