The APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, Wednesday, called on his Labour Party opponent, Peter Obi, to caution his supporters to desist from spreading fake news.
A report emerged online a few days ago that Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo wrote a letter to Asiwaju asking him to step down and support Obi and take care of his health.
However, the Ghanaian president via his official Twitter handle debunked the report, calling it fake news, stating that it was a product of deliberate mischief with the intent to deceive the public.
Condemning the purported story, the Director of Media and Communications of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation(TCO), Bayo Onanuga said that the supporters of Obi have been disseminating fake news to the general public, damaging the reputation of the APC candidate.
He, therefore, asked Obi to tell his supporters who are employing fake news against the former Lagos State governor to stop.
“We have come to a point where it becomes imperative to tell 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,” Onanuga stated.
It’s not true – Obi
Responding to the allegation in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Valentine Obienyem, Obi said some of his opponents originated fake news, published them under false names and ascribed them to him or his supporters.
Obienyem said if supporters were mindful of this, some articles published in some newspapers against Obi would not have been published, including those with offensive titles.
“Nigerians know the truth and that such gimmicks used to deceive them would no longer work,” he added.
