The Presidency has revealed the mission of fake news creators.
The revelation was made by the Senior Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.
He said the creators of fake news are only on a mission to cause disenchantment and expose President Mohammadu Buhari to ridicule and hatred.
He stated this on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today whose aim he said is solely to make mischief.
“There are many reasons; I can’t speak for those who are behind this development but I can hazard guesses why they do it. One will be pure mischief – to just cause disenchantment in the country,” he said.
He made the comment amid growing concern about hate speech, hate comment
fake news and its implications.
fake news and its implications.
One of the grave implications identified by the government is that the above-mention pose nothing but threats to the security and unity of Nigeria.
Speaking further, he called attention to the story that went viral on the planned trip of President Buhari to the United States on Trump's invitation which he dismissed as completely false.
“If you see the last line of that story, they said that the trip may not be unconnected to the President’s health. Can you just imagine that? I took time to read some of the reactions that followed that fake news and you could see people say all sorts of rubbish,” he said.
“That was their intention; so that they can expose the President to odium if possible. So, one reason is mischief. To cause odium, to cause disenchantment. Another reason could also be to de-market somebody. You want to de-market somebody and play up another person. Then, of course, another one is they want traffic to their website.”
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