Using clickbaits to frame an Obasanjo-Buhari conflictAn online news blog “Page36 News” on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 published a story with a headline claiming that former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth “to ‘chase’ out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office”. PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! The headline of the story claiming former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth “to ‘chase’ out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office” is misleading. Full Text On Wednesday, August 12, the Youth Development Centre, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, organised a virtual event to mark the 2020 International Youth Day. Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, delivered the keynote address at the event which was said to have drawn participants from different parts of the world. The Punch newspaper reports that the former president at the virtual event charged African youth to “dislodge older generation from leadership positions.” Read also President Buhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala for top position “Unless you squeeze out those who are in office and those who want to remain in office perpetually, some after the age of 80, unless you squeeze them out, they will not want to be out,” Obasanjo said. However, in its own version, Page36 News published the story with the headline: Olusegun Obasanjo Charges Nigerian Youths And Other Youths In Africa, To ‘Chase’ Out All The Old Politicians Like President Buhari From Office. Using the CrowdTangle monitoring tool to check the report on social media, Legit.ng discovers it has been posted on five popular Facebook pages with over 400 interactions as of Tuesday, August 18. On Page 36 Facebook’s page, the post has been shared over 100 times with over 50 comments. Verification Legit.ng conducted a keyword search which showed several other media outlets, such as Premium Times, Vanguard, Business Day and Sahara Reporters also reported the former president's statement. Read also Coronavirus: Traders reveal hike in cost of food items as Easter beckons The reports indicate that ex-President Obasanjo indeed enjoined African youth to wrest power from older generations. However, none of them states that the former president mentioned the name of President Buhari or any other African leader as Page36 News claimed in its headline. Also, a further check of Page36 News’s version of the story shows that there was nowhere in the body of the story where Obasanjo mentioned President Buhari’s name. The former president only said: “Unless you squeeze out those who are in office and those who want to remain in office perpetually, some after the age of 80, unless you squeeze them out, they will not want to be out.” PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read the best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Conclusion Though the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, indeed enjoined African youths “to dislodge older generations from leadership positions,” he did not mention President Buhari’s name or the name of any other African leader. Read also Presidential election: Mixed reactions trail Atiku's decision to challenge result in court The headline of the story by Page 36 News is misleading and evident use of clickbaits to trigger incendiary passions. The researcher produced this fact-check per the Dubawa 2020 Fellowship partnership with Legit.ng to facilitate the ethos of "truth" in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country. Obasanjo bombs Buhari again, says FG is empowering Boko Haram | Legit TV Source: Legit.ng An online news blog “Page36 News” on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 published a story with a headline claiming that former president Olusegun Obasanjo charged African youth “to ‘chase’ out all the old politicians like President Buhari from office”. PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! misleading Full Text Verification Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: Conclusion The researcher produced this fact-check per the Dubawa 2020 Fellowship partnership with Legit.ng to facilitate the ethos of "truth" in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.