The Nigerian election ruling, which is still being read out, has been accompanied by a lot of false information being spread on social media by influential people and small blogs. These false claims are aimed at the judges on the tribunal.
They have been thinking about problems with Bola Tinubu winning the presidential election in February.
In July, a news website called Igbo Times said that a judge named Justice Boloukuoromo M Ugo had quit the election tribunal panel because people were trying to harm democracy. It also said that he confessed to being asked by the ruling party to support their candidate.
Justice Ugo has not quit, and there is no proof for the statements made by Igbo Times.
In September, some popular people on social media who support the Labour Party started saying that the tribunal had decided to announce the judgement on 16th September. They said that they did this to stop the other side from reacting to the decision because it was the last day that the court could meet.
This wrong statement became the main story before the court announced that September 6 would be the day for its decision.
Some people have sent scary messages and posted pictures of the family members of certain judges. They use #AllEyesOntheJudiciary with their posts.
it seems like someone is trying to scare or threaten others before a decision is made.
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False information spread prior to Nigerian election outcome
