‘Fake news’ — Dele Alake debunks reports of appointment as Tinubu’s spokesperson

‘Fake news’ — Dele Alake debunks reports of appointment as Tinubu’s spokesperson

 Dele Alake, a former Lagos commissioner of information and
strategy, says he has not been appointed as the spokesperson of President Bola
Tinubu.

 

Hours after the inauguration on Monday, Femi Fani-Kayode,
former minister of aviation, announced on his Twitter handle that Alake has
been appointed as the president’s spokesperson.

 

But speaking on the issue with TheCable, the former director
of strategic communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential
campaign, said the news of his appointment was fake.

 

“It was fake news. I’m always surprised when news people
failed to recognise fake unsigned stories,” Alake said.

 

Alake was the commissioner for information and strategy in
Lagos between 1999 and 2007 when Tinubu was the governor of the state.

 

In 2014, he was appointed as the director of media and
communication of the Buhari campaign organisation – his return to national
politics after a brief hiatus from public roles.

 

As a journalist, Alake worked with Concord Press publishers
as a writer and editor. After a year, he became a columnist in the National
Concord and served in that capacity until 1989.

 

He was appointed editor of Sunday Concord in the same year
and held the position till 1995 before becoming the editor of the National
Concord.

Source: ‘Fake news’ — Dele Alake debunks reports of appointment as Tinubu’s spokesperson

 - NigerianEye

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