President aide Bashir Ahmad reacts after being called out for "wrongly passing off" photo of strawberries as those from Plateau state

 

President aide Bashir Ahmad reacts after being called out for "wrongly passing off" photo of strawberries as those from Plateau state

Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad has reacted to being called out for passing off photo of strawberries from an Indian article as those from Plateau state. 

 

The presidential aide had shared the photo with the caption “This is from Plateau, Nigeria”. 

 

President aide Bashir Ahmad reacts after being called out for "wrongly passing off" photo of strawberries as those from Plateau state

 

A quick check revealed that the photo was from an article published on The Indian Express on February 20, 2020. 

 

President aide Bashir Ahmad reacts after being called out for "wrongly passing off" photo of strawberries as those from Plateau state

 

Reacting to the controversy this triggered, Bashir Ahmad said he deleted the photo after some respondents said otherwise. He added that he got the photo from a friend in early 2020, who also insisted that he took the photo in Plateau state. 

 

He wrote; 

 

Tweeted this picture with a caption “This is from Plateau, Nigeria”, some respondents said otherwise, I got the picture from a friend early 2020, who still insisting that he took the photo in PT, anyway, I deleted the tweet. Whether from PT or not, I believe we have best there.

 

President aide Bashir Ahmad reacts after being called out for "wrongly passing off" photo of strawberries as those from Plateau state


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