Claim: Facebook users attributed a lengthy statement to Emir Sanusi, describing it as his response to President Tinubu’s claim that he inherited a dilapidated Nigeria from the Late President Muhammadu Buhari.
Verdict: Misleading! Contrary to the claimants, the statement attributed to Emir Sanusi is an old tweet by Charly Boy.
Full Text
President Bola Tinubu has repeatedly stated that his administration inherited a near-empty treasury from the former President, Late Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. In May 2025, he told the same narrative during his state visit to Anambra.
Two months later, a statement posed as Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano’s response to Tinubu’s assertion, began to make the rounds on Facebook. The statement disagrees with Tinubu’s claim and criticises the president for extravagant spending on vehicles, renovations, and allowances for top officials.
Several users, including Abdulbarak Mubarak, Muazu Mohammed, Lissa TV, Plan-B TV, and Mary Idoniboye, widely shared the statement, with the Emir’s picture.
While Emir Sanusi has a history of criticising the Tinubu-led administration, DUBAWA has debunked viral statements attributed to famous individuals as false in the past.
We conducted this verification because of the nature of the claim, the personalities involved, and the likelihood of its falsehood.
Verification
We reviewed Emir Sanusi’s active social media accounts but found no written statements of this nature or anywhere he publicly made them.
We also conducted keyword searches on Google but found no report of this nature in the media. Instead, search results led us to an Aug. 4, 2024, X post where a musician, Charles Oputa, also known as Charly Boy, posted this exact statement on his handle, confirming it had nothing to do with Emir Sanusi. BusinessDay also published this, attributing it to Charly Boy.
Conclusion
Contrary to the claimants, our findings revealed that the statement attributed to Emir Sanusi was from Charly Boy’s tweet in 2024. The claim is, therefore, misleading.