No Helicopter Was Shot Down By Boko Haram In Borno – Buhari’s Aide, Bashir Ahmad

 Bashir Ahmad, personal assistant on New Media to President Buhari has reacted to the report of Boko Haram shooting down helicopter in Borno State.

According to Ahmad who took to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter to debunk the report as he called it ‘fake news’.

The report had said that five persons died in the attack which took place at Banki, a town located in Bama local government area of Borno State.

Reacting to the report, Bashir Ahmad tweeted:

“Daily Trust, one of the national newspapers broke a news earlier that Boko Haram shot down a helicopter in Borno, and the story turned out to be yet another FAKE NEWS. Our media outlets have a great role to play in defeating terrorisms in any country, Nigeria included.”

Meanwhile, Daily Trust has retracted the news with a rejoinder; read the new report below
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