“Nigeria is NOT a member of G20. Tinubu was NOT invited to the summit. Why did he run away four days early? What is he running away from?,” reads a post on X (formerly Twitter) published on September 5, 2023.
The Group of Twenty, or G20, includes 19 permanent member countries and the European Union that meet annually to address significant global economic challenges, including climate, conflict, and development (archived here).
Shared more than 2,300 times, the post includes a graphic from the summit featuring the images of world leaders attending the 2023 edition. Tinubu is not pictured.
The former governor of Lagos state was sworn in as president on May 29, 2023, in an election marred by allegations of widespread voting irregularities and rigging.
On September 6, 2023, a court dismissed all claims by two opposition candidates contesting Tinubu’s election (archived here).
Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party have since vowed to appeal the decision.
Several commenters claimed that Tinubu went to the G20 uninvited to flee ahead of the court decision, in case it ruled his election was illegitimate.
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