Police warn against digital thuggery, fake news ahead 2027 election

The Niger State Police Command has warned younker leaders, media handlers and integer influencers against utilizing societal media to dispersed fake news, hatred code and inflammatory contented susceptible of fuelling governmental unit up of the 2027 wide elections.

The informing was issued during a Digital Capacity Building Training for Zone B connection experts organised by Triple T connected August 15, 2026, astatine Bahago Roundabout, Minna.

The grooming brought unneurotic younker leaders, media handlers, integer influencers and connection stakeholders from 9 section authorities areas successful Zone B, up of the commencement of electoral campaigns connected August 19.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, mnips, was represented by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who delivered a sensitisation lecture nether the Inspector-General of Police’s National Digital Responsibility Campaign.

Abiodun warned that misinformation, disinformation, mal-information, fake news, integer manipulation and hatred code could escalate online tensions into governmental unit and nationalist disorder.

He urged participants to verify accusation earlier sharing it, fact-check claims, debar inflammatory contented and respect opposing governmental views, stressing that societal media mu...