Confusion as Unknown Persons Changed Tinubu’s Birthdate on Wikipedia

An unknown person backdated the date of birth of Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wikipedia; changed the year of birth from 1952- 1942.

This stirred reactions and confusion on the social media today as the former governor of Lagos State celebrates his 69th birthday ceremony.

The backdating occurred around 11:02 GMT, on the 29th of March, 2021.

At the time of gathering this report, the changes have been reverted by another editor to reflect the former date; March 29, 1952 while the edit lead section of the page has been locked.

See some of the reactions these changes had stirred on the Twitter.

You have the right not to like Tinubu, and if you must start propaganda don't be stupid in doing it. They are changing the information on Wikipedia and still left a footprint. 🤣🤣🤣🤣If them run am jungle level now he go dey shout say them dey find am. pic.twitter.com/PUUlYeQ9vP
— ALHAJI.OMO IYA WAEC. (@OMOIYAWAEC77) March 29, 2021

TINUBU is 64 years according to Osibanjo's Twitter handle.

TINUBU is 79 years old according to Wikipedia.

TINUBU is 69 years old according to CV.

TINUBU was 9 years old when he welcomed his first daughter according to his first daughter's age.

TINUBU and FRAUD are 5&6!
— PDP Vanguard (@PDPVanguard) March 29, 2021

They have edited Tinubu Wikipedia age immediately 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This people think we are stupid abi pic.twitter.com/YCpFQ0HUAs
— Chief (@IkukuomaC) March 29, 2021

Hey! Tinubu boys! You forgot to change his real age with Wikipedia? Why? pic.twitter.com/eHdlA9k4Wt
— Just Society (@JustSociety4all) March 29, 2021

So, was he born in 1952 or 1942? Is he 69 or 79? Did they forget to clean up their Wikipedia page properly? So many questions.

Happy 89th birthday to the President Nigeria will never have in the name of Jesus, amen🙏 pic.twitter.com/ZTBlV8jjRl
— 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒘𝒂𝒏 (@The_Ngozi) March 29, 2021