Obi: Why Malicious Information Won’t Win You Election – Tinubu

By Oladosu Oluwagbenga

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential candidate, has requested that Mr. Peter Obi, the leader of the Labour Party, LP, call his people to order and issue a statement that “malicious and misleading information will not win elections.”

In a statement released on Wednesday by his campaign organization, Tinubu encouraged Obi to warn his supporters and let the election debate center on matters that would enhance the growth, progress, and stability of the nation.

The Labour Party presidential candidate was warned to get his supporters to “desist from spreading lies, hate, and demeaning other candidates, notably Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” according to a statement by Director, Media and Communications, Tinubu Campaign Organization, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.

The statement continued, “TCO (Tinubu Campaign Organization) further states that Nigeria will be better for it and the electoral process will be enriched if the 2023 presidential campaign sticks to issues of good governance that will lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty instead of being dominated by the ravings of guttersnipes, who do not wish the country well.

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Onanuga remarked that after looking into the origin of the false report asserting that the Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, wrote a letter to Tinubu asking him to support Obi and take care of his (Tinubu’s) health, the Tinubu Campaign Organization felt the need to appeal to Obi to control his supporters.

He claims that the Ghanaian President has disproved the reports using his official Twitter account, describing them as the result of malicious mischief intended to mislead the public.

“I have written no such letter to the APC leader, and it will not occur to me to do so.

“Ghana and Nigeria boast of decades of cordial, strong and brotherly relations, and I am not going to be the one to interfere in the internal affairs and politics of Nigeria,” said President of Ghana via Twitter.

Onanuga said: “We have found that the fake news about Akufo-Addo’s letter was first published on June 22 by a rogue platform, whose url reads worlsnews.space (sic) and site identity as World of News.

“A content analysis of the site clearly showed that it is a Biafra news platform. The fake news was reposted on Facebook by Peter Obi Support Group, same day — a clear proof that Biafra campaigners and Peter Obi supporters are the same.

“Both the Facebook account and the website are replete with fake stories about Bola Tinubu, including a fake story credited to former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, alleging that Tinubu demanded N50 billion monthly payment from him.

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“The spuriousness of the statement is in the evidence that Lagos did not begin to clock N50 billion revenue until after Ambode left office.

“Tinubu could not have demanded N50 billion monthly payment from Ambode when the state government didn’t make such in a month throughout the tenure of Mr. Ambode.

“The pirate website, which the Facebook account feeds, on also parades malicious fake news and headlines such as “I am old, but my blood is young, please vote for me – Tinubu begs youth” .

“There is also the most wicked of all headlines: ‘When I became president, I will Build more prison (sic) for Igbo’s and IPOB members – Tinubu’.

“The big surprise in all of these is that all the headlines have no supporting stories, and clicking them may bring virus to your computer.

“We have come to a point where it becomes imperative to tell Mr. Obi to show leadership and disavow his supporters, who are employing fake news and disinformation as deliberate tools to deceive and poison the minds of unsuspecting Nigerians,” he added.