Hours before President Muhammadu Buhari delivered his address to the nation on Monday night, a version — full of errors — was already circulating on social media.

Although the version he eventually read was different in some ways from the draft, presidency officials are livid over the leak, TheCable understands.

In the draft, the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory (FCT) was to be lifted on Saturday, May 2, 2020.

But in the broadcast, the president moved the date to Monday, May 4.

Significantly, while the president announced a total lockdown for two weeks in Kano state, the draft only said “the total lockdown recently announced by the State Government shall remain enforced… for the full duration”.

It appears the leaked version was copied from a Microsoft Word document with the original text and edits included, leading to the repetition of many words and phrases.

All these had been cleaned up in the final version read by the president.

TheCable understands that the draft was prepared by a member of the presidential task force on COVID-19 and sent to the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF).

Boss Mustapha is both the SGF and chairman of the task force.

All fingers are now pointing at the SGF office for the leak, although there is also suspicion that the email of the writer might have been hacked.

A few days ago, a memo to Mustapha by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) was also scanned and leaked on social media.

In the letter, the forum made recommendations on the easing of lockdowns nationwide.

Some of the recommendations — including use of face mask in public, restriction of interstate movement and imposition of dusk to dawn curfew — were adopted by the president.

https://www.thecable.ng/puzzle-buharis-draft-speech-leaked-ahead-of-broadcast-but-who-did-it/amp

They should hold his media Team responsible. Of course it couldn't have been me

Buhari cannot give what he does not have. Remember that he is a shy person.

Wtf do you expect?

There's Judas in every twelve! Every household has an enemy within.

BigTableShaker:
Wtf do you expect?

Exactly what I was expecting because boys aren't playing during this period

You remember how boys were distributing Covid-19 funds to citizens

Thats what you get when you have an illiterate as a president.....

Maybe The First One Was Reading Practice, And The Last One, Reading Broadcast,

It's not surprising

We still have a looooooong way to go
Our president can't even do a live broadcast

clevvermind:
Buhari cannot give what he does not have. Remember that he is a shy person.

Too shy to think. Dats a new one

Which president?

I'm suspecting IPOB did it!

Gwagone:
Exactly what I was expecting because boys aren't playing during this period

You remember how boys were distributing Covid-19 funds to citizens

Bubu no care about boys o.
Y'all a lazy ass nigga for his mind.

The kind unprofessionalism nd compromise wey dey for villa is enough for us not to be taken serious.

I wonder how many informants the CIA,MOSSAD,MI6 nd their likes have working for them in aso rock

This kind of leak wouldn't have happened if ABBA Kyari was alive. Those were the kind of covering that man have been doing for Buhari.
Expect a lot of openings in the coming days. This shows that Kyari was the man feared in Aso rock and not Buhari

RIP Kyari

In all honesty Buhari isn't fit to be a local government chairman, talkless of being President. Quota system, religion and tribalism has really undermined our development as a country.

The Buhari I saw yesterday was obviously stressed and unfit. It is easy to guess that the recording of the speech must have been done several times before they came up with a fair edited one.
The handlers of PMB are aware that he is not capable of making a life broadcast or engage in question and answer session with the press.

How to we find ourselves in this shithole predicament? Will Nigerians ever learn? Why do we always allow political, religious and ethnic sentiments to determine our chose of leaders?

Integrity alone should not be the criteria to elect leaders if not we will be coming out with leaders that are intellectually corrupt.

It was very wrong for anyone to leak such document and also if the broadcast was pre-recorded and shown as live broadcast then its very deceitful of them.

You said the one he read was different from the one that was leaked? How do you still reffer to it as a leak if they are not of the same write up?

Abba Kyari must be sad wherever he is now.