EVEN as reactions by patriotic and objective observers have shown, not many Nigerians are surprised or can easily be deceived by the pranks of the emerging phenomenon of fake news in the country.
Nigerians cannot also be fooled by the rising incidence of this malaise and the huge investments by their facilitators, especially during electioneering campaigns or periods leading to elections.
What rather worries a greater number of Nigerians is why it is the very politicians who are seeking to govern the country that are encouraging and funding this counter-productive adventurism, although they may hide behind the scene and deploy the services of surrogates and syndicates in the media community. Because these political desperadoes and commandoes of conquered battalions pathologically see politics as “a dirty game”, their indulgence in character assassination and misinformation for cheap political scores is a proof to that obnoxious disposition.
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