The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said political parties used fake news to delegitimise Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)and the electoral process during Kogi governorship election.
Ms Idayat Hassan, Director CDD, made this known in the group’s preliminary statement on the conduct of Saturday’s Kogi governorship election.
Hassan said that CDD’s electoral environment observation report had previously predicted that political parties would use fake news during the election to cause confusion.
“Some of the fake news circulated today include the disqualification of the PDP candidates, false results, fake images of thugs arrested and snatching of ballot…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
