How Twitter user changed figures announced by INEC to spread fake news on Adamawa elections

Ahead of the Nigerian elections, there has been an explosion of fake news across social media platforms.

Nigerians are now increasingly wary of any content regardless, as different political parties and political actors have unwittingly helped peddle misinformation. Divisive content on religion and ethnicity is also littered across social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and WhatsApp.

The Adamawa governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. Although final results tallied by INEC showed that Mr Fintiri of the PDP scored the highest votes, INEC said the cancelled votes were more than the margin of victory between Mr Fintiri and the runner-up, Ms Dahiru. Therefore, the electoral commission said a new date will be fixed for re-run elections in areas where elections could not be held in the state.

The researcher produced this fact-check per the DUBAWA 2023 Kwame Kari Kari fellowship partnership with premium times to facilitate the ethos of truth in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.

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