Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari, has deleted an Instagram post of a statement purportedly issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reintroduce the old N200, N500 and N1,000 bank notes as legal tender.
Mrs Buhari deleted the fake post within one hour of sharing it via her verified Instagram handle, @aishambuhari, on Tuesday.
The post which appeared on Mrs Buhari’s Instagram timeline at about 10.39 a.m. on Tuesday was liked by 1,971 of her Instagram followers within 42 minutes.
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But it was not too long after Mrs Buhari shared the poorly written statement that it was dubbed fake across social media platforms.