The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to some fake video clips being circulated on the social media, purportedly showing how Nigerians are being killed in South Africa over xenophobia.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at a news conference in Abuja, urged those circulating the videos to immediately desist from doing so.
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He said, apart from inflaming passion, the videos are also complicating the efforts of the government to calm frayed nerves at home in the wake of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
The minister recalled that the government had alerted Nigerians to the dangers posed by fake news and disinformation when it launched the “National Campaign Against Fake News on July 11, 2019.
The minister also appealed to opinion leaders and celebrities to be guarded in their utterances and comments on the xenophobic attacks and the reactions from Nigerians.
Mohammed assured that the government would leave no stone unturned to protect Nigerian citizens anywhere around the world, including South Africa where they have been subjected to repeated xenophobic attacks.
