{"id":5614,"date":"2020-08-28T14:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:49:30","slug":"using-clickbaits-to-frame-an-obasanjo-buhari-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/using-clickbaits-to-frame-an-obasanjo-buhari-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Using clickbaits to frame an Obasanjo-Buhari conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An online news blog \u201cPage36 News\u201d on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 published a story with a headline claiming that former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth \u201cto \u2018chase\u2019 out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headline of the story claiming former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth \u201cto \u2018chase\u2019 out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office\u201d is misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Wednesday, August 12, the Youth Development Centre, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, organised a virtual event to mark the 2020 International Youth Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria\u2019s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, delivered the keynote address at the event which was said to have drawn participants from different parts of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Punch newspaper reports that the former president at the virtual event charged African youth<\/a> to\u201cdislodge older generation from leadership positions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnless you squeeze out those who are in office and those who want to remain in office perpetually, some after the age of 80, unless you squeeze them out, they will not want to be out,\u201d<\/em> Obasanjo said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However, in its own version, Page36 News published the story with the headline: Olusegun Obasanjo Charges Nigerian Youths And Other Youths In Africa, To \u2018Chase\u2019 Out All The Old Politicians Like President Buhari From Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A screenshot of Page 36 News\u2019 story claiming Obasanjo \u201ccharged African youths to \u2018chase out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office\u201d. Source: Page 36 News<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Using the CrowdTangle monitoring tool to check the report on social media, Legit.ng discovers it has been posted on five popular Facebook pages with over 400 interactions as of Tuesday, August 18. On Page 36 Facebook\u2019s page, the post has been shared over 100 times with over 50 comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A screenshot of Page 36 News\u2019 Facebook . Source: Facebook.com\/Page23news<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Verification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legit.ng<\/strong> conducted a keyword search which showed several other media outlets, such as Premium Times<\/a>, Vanguard<\/a>, Business Day<\/a> and Sahara Reporters<\/a> also reported the former president’s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reports indicate that ex-President Obasanjo indeed enjoined African youth to wrest power from older generations. However, none of them state that the former president mentioned the name of President Buhari or any other African leader as Page36 News claimed in its headline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, a further check of Page36 News\u2019s version of the story shows that there was nowhere in the body of the story where Obasanjo mentioned President Buhari\u2019s name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former president only said: \u201cUnless you squeeze out those who are in office and those who want to remain in office perpetually, some after the age of 80, unless you squeeze them out, they will not want to be out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, indeed enjoined African youths \u201cto dislodge older generations from leadership positions,\u201d he did not mention President Buhari\u2019s name or the name of any other African leader. The headline of the story by Page 36 News is misleading and evident use of clickbaits to trigger incendiary passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This fact-check is a republished article from Legit<\/a> per our Dubawa 2020 Fellowship partnership with newsrooms and media organisations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An online news blog \u201cPage36 News\u201d on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 published a story with a headline claiming that former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth \u201cto \u2018chase\u2019 out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office\u201d. The headline of the story claiming former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth \u201cto \u2018chase\u2019 out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office\u201d is misleading. Full Text On Wednesday, August 12, the Youth Development Centre, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, organised a virtual event to mark the 2020 International Youth Day. Nigeria\u2019s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, delivered the keynote address at the event which was said to have drawn participants from different parts of the world.  The Punch newspaper reports that the former president at the virtual event charged African youth to\u201cdislodge older generation from leadership positions.\u201d \u201cUnless you squeeze out those who are in office and those who want to remain in office perpetually, some after the age of 80, unless you squeeze them out, they will not want to be out,\u201d Obasanjo said. However, in its own version, Page36 News published the story with the headline: Olusegun Obasanjo Charges Nigerian Youths And Other Youths In Africa, To \u2018Chase\u2019 Out All The Old Politicians Like President Buhari From Office. Using the CrowdTangle monitoring tool to check the report on social media, Legit.ng discovers it has been posted on five popular Facebook pages with over 400 interactions as of Tuesday, August 18. On Page 36 Facebook\u2019s page, the post has been shared over 100 times with over 50 comments.  Verification Legit.ng conducted a keyword search which showed several other media outlets, such as Premium Times, Vanguard, Business Day and Sahara Reporters also reported the former president’s statement. The reports indicate that ex-President Obasanjo indeed enjoined African youth to wrest power from older generations. However, none of them state that the former president mentioned the name of President Buhari or any other African leader as Page36 News claimed in its headline. Also, a further check of Page36 News\u2019s version of the story shows that there was nowhere in the body of the story where Obasanjo mentioned President Buhari\u2019s name.  The former president only said: \u201cUnless you squeeze out those who are in office and those who want to remain in office perpetually, some after the age of 80, unless you squeeze them out, they will not want to be out.\u201d Conclusion Though the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, indeed enjoined African youths \u201cto dislodge older generations from leadership positions,\u201d he did not mention President Buhari\u2019s name or the name of any other African leader. The headline of the story by Page 36 News is misleading and evident use of clickbaits to trigger incendiary passions. This fact-check is a republished article from Legit per our Dubawa 2020 Fellowship partnership with newsrooms and media organisations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[284,347,932],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1191],"class_list":["post-5614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-buhari","tag-featured","tag-olusegun-obasanjo"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-1sy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1191,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"nurudeen-lawal","display_name":"Nurudeen Lawal","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe9d8255c29267c0b5fd9b1c07dc5ca3bcb33feac769e1d1e2af515ff3ddadc8?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Lawal","first_name":"Nurudeen","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5614"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=5614"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}