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September 5, 2019
TheFederal Government has alerted Nigerians to some fake video clips beingcirculated on the social media, purportedly showing how Nigerians are beingkilled 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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Hesaid, apart from inflaming passion, the videos are also complicating theefforts of the government to calm frayed nerves at home in the wake of thexenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Theminister recalled that the government had alerted Nigerians to the dangersposed by fake news and disinformation when it launched the “National CampaignAgainst Fake News on July 11, 2019.
Theminister also appealed to opinion leaders and celebrities to be guarded intheir utterances and comments on the xenophobic attacks and the reactions fromNigerians.
Mohammedassured that the government would leave no stone unturned to protect Nigeriancitizens anywhere around the world, including South Africa where they have beensubjected to repeated xenophobic attacks.