Keyamo, Fani-Kayode Promoted Fake News During 2023 Election – EU Report
The European Union Election Observation Mission has revealed how former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode propagated fake news during the 2023 general election. According to EU, the two chieftains of the APC used fake news to mislead Nigerians during the 2023 general elections.
In its latest report, the EU Observers cited instances where both APC
chieftains propagated fake news while campaigning for their candidates. The
report reads partly: “There was an increased incidence of misleading
information in the days leading up to and during the election. In many cases,
false reports were spread by well-known personalities associated with political
parties.
“On February 12, Festus Keyamo from APC promoted information published by a
suspicious website, accusing Peter Obi of bribery. The story quickly became
viral and was in a few hours debunked.
“Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation and an
APC party member, made a claim on February 11, 2023, that the PDP presidential
candidate Abubakar had a secret meeting with serving military generals in
Abuja.
“He accused Atiku of wanting to incite chaos, provoke a coup d’état, and
establish a new and unconstitutional order. Kayode posted this claim across
multiple social media platforms, and it garnered 281.2k total impressions. The
next day, he posted that the Army denied reports about a meeting between its
officers and Atiku.”
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