Former minister and governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Communications Commission over a false publication targeting his character.

The report was published across social media by one Jackson Ude, Yoruba Sheikh and Reportera.

In the report, Fashola’s residence in Abuja was said to be barricaded by soldiers because he was allegedly writing the judgment to be delivered by the judges of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the 2023 presidential election.

However, the same Fashola was spotted in Lagos at a social function as confirmed by sources who shared photos of the former governor at the event.

In a statement on Monday signed by his aide, Hakeem Bello, Fashola categorically dismissed the allegations against him as being entirely without merit and damaging to his reputation.

“Fashola expressed his disappointment with the spread of this false information on social media platforms and has called on security agencies to take action against those responsible for spreading fake news,” the statement reads.

“In response to the allegation, Fashola clarified that he has been away from Abuja for an extended period of time, rendering the claims entirely unfounded.

“The former minister believes that these allegations may be part of a wider campaign to undermine the judiciary by those who seek to manipulate the institution for their own gain.

“He emphasises the importance of unmasking the perpetrators and their sponsors and ensuring that they face the appropriate legal consequences.”

The former minister has now written to relevant authorities for action to be taken against the peddlers of the fake news targeting his personality.

A copy of the petition as obtained by Concise News can be seen below.

https://concise.ng/pept-fashola-writes-igp-dss-ncc-over-fake-news/

You need to set examples. If you leave mad dogs to roam, they'll bite you and your family. Baba Fashola has set a good record to ask why these children of perdition are moving mad with fake accusations.

https://twitter.com/De_Moshood/status/1688807121725329409?t=IR3JzeIUUKOCGrDxAivFUg&s=19

They can't take what they dish out to others

Useless vile propagandists and hypocrites...spits

Time will tell if the accusations is true or not. This country is so so divided that l don't know how people work together from different tribes in federal ministries.

Thats why there is so much lickage of memos and secret informations.

Funny enough our so called are pretending they are not seeing it. No country grow in hate, injustice, disrespect and disunity.

Jackson Ude is probably not in Nigeria so he go dey difficult to catch, DSS should rather use one of these useless Obidients as example, they can as well contact me so that I can nominate one Obidients on Nairaland for the lesson.

Nice one

The excesses of these 🐖🐖🐖 in the name of freedom of speech needs to be curb.

Them don see how e dey be! GEJ really get patience

Lol

lolz 😂 agent fash!!!!! It's wasn't fake news when you discovered hidden camera in lakki toll gate huh 😊 but now it's now a fake 🤥 news

Vb

If u don't teach your children Morals, the multiethnic, multicultural society will teach them by force, and the worst u will do is cry of "victimisation".

They lied against you that you developed Cambodia, turkey, Indian prisons

Kalashnikov49:
They can't take what they dish out to others

Useless hypocrite...spits

another jail sentence for okoro

Ok

FBI, CIA

APC Dem 😆😆😆 serve them Their own dish and watch Dem scream like a Yoruba agbero "aah aah aah aah

Wahala

I love this news, he will explain where he got the news from .

Ok

Brave move from jackson

Jackson Ude is not in Nigeria. How will he be apprehended. The way some of these obedient influencers deceive their followers ehn. Low IQ bunch. Even if they want to write the judgement it cant be in Fashola’s house na.

Kalashnikov49:
They can't take what they dish out to others

Useless hypocrite...spits

Oga sharrap.

These yam legged people from Aghan-Eastern will never cease to amaze me aswear. They are a curse to Nigeria

IPOB at work as usual . Trying to bring him down .

Just imagine the character damage. A scapegoat is needed on this matter please.

The brainwashed IPOB cannibal will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. These Obi idiotic fools think they can just come up with fake news ana get away with it. He should be charged to court and made to show evidence of his accusations.
This will teach other slowpoke Obi idiotic cannibals a big lesson.

What happened to don't answer 1and 2? Idiot element

“The former minister believes that these allegations may be part of a wider campaign to undermine the judiciary by those who seek to manipulate the institution for their own gain.

Ude will soon join Eze in Prison.

These people are too emotional and cannot overcome the defeat they suffered at the hand of a Yoruba politician.

They think the Judiciary can be blackmailed not to throw out their case.

Fake news is terrible. If the information being passed across is fake then the person who peddled it should be prosecuted accordingly.

However, same APC shouldn't rely on smear campaigns and fake news to discredit candidates of other political parties like they did against PO and GRV.

He who comes to equity must come with clean hands, Fashola.

nonsense

Another fake news monger is about to go down Those people will never learn. But they just messed with the wrong person.