Joseph Bakare
The Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Lai Mohammed given a stern warning that henceforth purveyors of fake news would be apprehended and sanctioned.
Mohammed while fielding questions from newsmen at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Wednesday, April 23, in Abuja, said the period of appeal to such people may be over.
He said that security agencies were working to apprehend those behind fake news; adding that such people would be punished according to the law.
Mohammed said that no nation would sit akimbo while its citizenry peddles fake news; stressing that the Federal Government would not allow fake news to thrive.
According to him, we will go after the merchant of fake news; those behind such news will soon be unravelled.