Bauchi State government has said that the misleading story making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari shunned the duo of governor MA Abubakar and Jibrilla Bindow of Bauchi and Adamawa States respectively when they allegedly sought to meet with him a few days ago is unfounded.

A press statement signed by Ali M Ali, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy said, “according to this very fantastic story, the president shunned them on account of the political developments in their respective states.”

“Ordinarily, we wouldn't have responded to this bare faced lie and misrepresentation. Happily, this kind of journalism is restricted only to partisan interests. We are compelled, however, to respond because these are lies repeatedly told and may become the truth if Goebbelean philosophy is anything to go by.

“We put the records straight. The President didn’t shun Governor Abubakar because there was no meeting between them. The Governor was at the villa to meet with the Vice President; Prof Yemi Osinbajo. It is, therefore, perplexing that such a report will be made,” the statement noted.

“Nonetheless we are mystified how that amounts to president Buhari "shunning" Gov Abubakar. We have noticed the fury of half-truths and outright falsehood being pushed as gospel truth by a slimy desperate megalomaniac circle since INEC declared the Bauchi state gubernatorial election inconclusive.

This cabal has unleashed blistering and sustained propaganda against the person and government of MA Abubakar. Every day, a generous dose of fiction is served to an unwary citizenry via shadowy and equally crooked cyber media.”

“We urge all citizens to disregard this brand of yellow journalism and their paymasters. We should keep our eyes on the ball. We should be distracted by the antics of serial losers,” the statement declared.