A former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused opposition figures of deploying fake news to destabilise the government and weaken the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In a statement on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode said the alleged strategy was aimed at creating tension within the ruling party and undermining confidence in its electoral prospects, urging members of the APC to remain united.
“It is clear that the strategy of the opposition is to spread fake news in the media in order to create tension and panic in the ranks of the Government and the ruling party, knock our heads together, create dissection in our ranks and plant doubts in our minds about our ability to win,” he said.
His comments come after he denied a media report claiming that he was rejected by the German government as an ambassador.
An online platform had reported that his ambassadorial posting was rejected over alleged ethnic and religious slurs.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu had approved the posting of the former minister as an ambassador-designate to a Central European country.