Na wah! Wetin be dis one wey dey happen for Nigeria politics again? Senator Godswill Akpabio, di Senate President wey people don start to dey yan say e don collapse for London hospital, don clear di air as e dey okay. Dem talk say e dey sick, but him don sit down for im chair lead plenary for di National Assembly like say na small matter.
Na Tuesday wey don pass so, di national gists start to fly for social media as pipo dey search online for ‘Akpabio hospitalised’. E be like say na dis matter wey make di Senator Titus Zam no fit keep him mouth closed. E dey vex say wetin go make people dey spread all dis kain false news wey fit mash up person image like wetin dem dey do to Akpabio.
Zam come raise point of order under order 42, dey talk say dis kind rumors no dey acceptable at all. E talk say di Senate President na di third person for Nigeria, so all dis allegations wey dey circulate no suppose happen at all. Dem don already ask di National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, make e investigate di matter well well, try find out who dey spread dis kind pepper soup gist.
Dis no be di first time wey people dey spread tori say Akpabio don die. In fact, e don happen before. For plenary, Akpabio no gree leave di matter just like dat, as e talk say di social media fit be like garbage in, garbage out. E stress say dem no fit stop people make dem no spread wetin dem wan talk. Di public don dey used to dis kain news, especially when e come to our politicians and celebrities.
As di matter dey play, pipo don dey begin dey remember when dem first spread rumors say former president Muhammadu Buhari don die, only to find out later say na just rumour. Dis same thing don happen to di likes of General Yakubu Gowon, who wey dey waka go Christmas carol service when dem talk say e don die. So, wetin we dey talk be say, we need to shine our eyes as citizens, no be everything wey we see for social media we go just believe.
Akpabio don talk say e dey ready make di NSA catch di people wey dey spread dis fake news. Na wetin dem go do be to ensure say people learn dey lesson no be to just sit down dey carry mouth dey gossip about wetin no happen. Di problem wey dey from dis kind rumors be say dem dey affect di image of our leaders and di country as a whole, and no be wetin we go fit just look pass.
With all dis wahala for di political scene, one thing be say, Akpabio dey alright. So, make everybody calm down for wetin dem dey hear. Abeg, na patience we go need, because di truth go always come out for light one day. As we dey feel di waves of dis wahala, make we remember to hold our leaders accountable, and no gree let social media run our life. Na wetin make us Naija. Na we carry di gist now, so we go dey update una as di thing dey go!
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