The Nigerian government has claimed that some international media organisations and Think tanks admitted that they were misinformed about the chances of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, winning the 2023 Presidential polls.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the international organisations revealed that they were misled by the noises of Obi’s supporters known as Obidients.
Lai made the comments in London when he concluded his engagements and meetings with media houses and Policy Institutes.
The minister was in Washington and London to defend the legitimacy of the just concluded general elections and correct the imbalance in the skewed narrative which had pervaded the air on the polls.
Addressing newsmen at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, where he concluded his engagements, the minister said his mission abroad was very successful.
We have been able to correct the imbalance in the reporting and we are leaving today with a better feeling. Most of the people we met agreed with us that they had been misinformed and they over-relied on social media hype,” he said.
The minister said not until he educated them, many were not even aware of the requirements to win the presidential election in Nigeria.
