No, the photo of a damaged helicopter does not show an attack on outgoing Nigerian President Buhari, but was taken in Kenya.

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President Muhammadu Buhari narrowly escapes as angry youths attack his helicopter in Kano.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and
established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We conducted a reverse image search on the image and discovered that it was first shared in an article by The Star on April 1, 2022, when ODM leader Raila Odinga’s chopper was attacked at the burial of Mzee Jackson Kibor in Uasin Gishu County.

We also discovered a tweet on the incident shared by Suna East MP and National Assembly minority leader Junet Mohamed, stating that they were almost killed in Soy constituency, Uasin Gishu County and had to look for alternative means mid-air.

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