The Presidency has dismissed reports that President Bola Tinubu’s convoy was attacked by youths after he attended Friday prayers at the Shagari Central Mosque in Area 1, Abuja.

The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Digital Engagement, Strategy and New Media, O’tega Ogra, described the reports as misleading, insisting that footage circulating online did not reflect what happened after the President’s mosque visit.

The controversy followed a video shared by African Democratic Congress chieftain, Dino Melaye, showing some youths throwing stones at a convoy believed to be conveying Tinubu.

The youths were also heard chanting “Ba ma yi, ba ma so”, a Hausa expression meaning “We do not want you; we do not support you.”

However, Ogra challenged the narrative in a post on his X handle on Friday, sharing another video showing the President leaving the mosque after observing the Juma’at prayer.

He said the footage provided a different account of the President’s departure from the mosque.

“Contrary to the narrative being pushed by the opposition, with videos of their alleged paid thugs at the National Mosque today, here is footage of Mr President leaving the mosque after Friday prayers this afternoon,” Ogra wrote.

The video showed Tinubu dressed in a white outfit and black cap, acknowledging supporters who waved and took photographs as he made his way to his official vehicle.

The development has triggered reactions on social media, with competing accounts emerging over the circumstances surrounding the President’s visit to the mosque.

It comes amid growing political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections and concerns over violence at political gatherings.

In a statement personally signed on Friday, Tinubu warned politicians and their supporters against political violence, stressing that security agencies had been empowered to tackle thuggery and other anti-democratic activities.

He condemned reported acts of violence at political events across the country and urged political parties and their supporters to conduct their activities peacefully.

The President further called on political actors to focus their campaigns on issues of national development and the welfare of Nigerians, maintaining that violence should have no place in the democratic process.