According to the Presidency, the claim is part of a coordinated misinformation effort designed by desperate politicians to destabilise the country and create ethnic and religious tension.
The Nigerian presidency has firmly dismissed a viral report alleging that President Bola Tinubu is planning sweeping constitutional changes that would rename Nigeria to the "United States of Nigeria” and abolish Sharia law in the northern region, describing the claims as “fake, misleading, and deliberately engineered to cause political tension ahead of elections.”
In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bola Tinubu, the Presidency said the report making the rounds on social media and some blogs is entirely false and should be ignored by the public.
The statement said the fabricated report falsely claimed that President Tinubu intended to push a constitutional amendment process under a so-called “Project True Federation,” allegedly scheduled to be transmitted to the National Assembly by December 15, ahead of the 2026 general elections.
According to the Presidency, the claim is part of a coordinated misinformation effort designed by desperate politicians to destabilise the country and create ethnic and religious tension.
