Former media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has stated that the Christmas Eve bombing in Maiduguri, Borno State, may be misrepresented in the next two or three years.
Ahmad said the attack would eventually be narrated as proof of Muslims killing Christians in the North.
On Wednesday, terrorists believed to be Boko Haram insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device, IED, inside a Juma’at Mosque during the Maghrib prayer.
The mosque was situated in the Gamboru Ward, within the Customs area of Maiduguri.
Reacting to the incident, Ahmad said that a false narrative would be turned into a weapon while the truth would be overshadowed by sensationalism.
Posting on X, he wrote: “In the near future, perhaps two or three years from now, this attack on Muslim faithful praying in a Mosque will likely be narrated as evidence of Muslims killing Christians in the North.
“That outcome would not be accidental. It would be the direct result of how some major media outlets, particularly @channelstv and @TheNationNews, chose to deliberately manipulate the story to suit and oil a prevailing narrative.
“When facts are twisted, contexts erased, and headlines engineered for engagement rather than truth, today’s misinformation becomes tomorrow’s so-called historical record.
“This is how false narratives are built, sustained and eventually weaponised, long after the truth has been buried under sensationalism.”
