The Presidency has dismissed claims that Vice President Kashim Shettima was barred from entering the Presidential Villa. In a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, labeled the report a “deliberate and well-orchestrated falsehood.” Nkwocha stated that the story was completely detached from reality, adding that such misinformation could only be believed by those unfamiliar with how the Nigerian government operates. He urged the public to ignore the false reports and called on the media to rely on credible sources and treat sensational stories with appropriate skepticism. “This we owe ourselves collectively as a nation,” he added. He said that in recent times, there has been deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood against the vice president’s person and office in many multidimensional forms. ”These mischievous and totally fabricated reports are all in a bid to cause confusion and insinuate total clash in the presidency. ”These reports seek to mislead the public into believing there’s discord at the highest levels of government. ”The latest in this string of disinformation is a report claiming that the vice president has been refused entry to the villa. ”The latest in this string of disinformation is a report claiming that the vice president has been refused entry to the villa. ”This is a feeble attempt to traduce the person and office of His Excellency, Vice President Kashim Shettima. For the record, NOTHING OF THE SORT EVER HAPPENED. ”The recent publication by some obscure blogs alleging that armed military units have barricaded the vice president from accessing the presidential villa is not only the wildest expression of wishful thinking. “(It’s) a clear indication that the purveyors of these tales have exhausted both ink and imagination.”