The acting Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has assured candidates and political parties of police neutrality and fairness throughout the general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was themed: “Fake News, Hate Speech, Vote and PVC Buying”. Besides, he observed that the incidence of vote buying had taken ugly dimension in recent times, stating that vote buying promotes bad leadership, corruption and criminality. According to him, government will not relent in its efforts to rid the electoral process of vote and PVC buying. In a paper titled “Hate Speech and Fake News are not Free Speech”, Prof. Jibo Ibrahim, urged NBC to intensify efforts to curb airing of contents that causes disaffection in the society.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2019 15:56 UTC