The Federal Government has debunked a video currently in circulation of a purported bomb explosion at South African High Commission in Abuja on Saturday, describing it as fake news.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the video which is being circulated on the social media, is that of the bomb explosion at Emab Plaza, near Banex, in Abuja on June 25, 2014.
The Minister in a statement by his aide, Segun Adeyemi, accused the opposition for circulating the video in an attempt to cause panic and chaos among the populace.
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”A pattern is emerging of the antics of the desperate opposition to latch on to the use of fake news and disinformation as a strategy to trigger chaos in the country,” he said.
The Minister warned those behind the “orchestrated fake news” and disinformation campaign to stop forthwith or be made to face the music.
He also appealed to Nigerians to be very discerning at and check the veracity of any information they receive.
The South African government shut its High Commission in Abuja and Consulate in Lagos following reprisal attacks on the country’s businesses in Nigeria over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and their interests in South Africa.
