Influencers Rolling in Cash #Nigeria Elections 2023

According to a BBC investigation, political parties in Nigeria pay social media influencers in secret to propagate false information about their opponents.

According to the investigation, political parties in Nigeria are paying social media influencers in secret to promote false information about their rivals in advance of the country’s general elections in February.

“For results, we’ve paid influencers up to 20 million naira ($45,000; £37,000). And we’ve given gifts to folks. One party official claims that some people prefer to be asked, “What do you want to do in government, be a board member, or be a special assistant?

With nearly 150,000 Facebook followers, one influencer who requested to remain unnamed revealed to us that political parties pay him to promote entirely bogus news.