‘Social Media Must Be Regulated Urgently’ – Bayo Onanuga

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An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Bayo Onanuga, has reiterated the call for the total regulation of social media.

He said this when he reacted to the confusion trailing the Tribunal verdict on the Kaduna State Governorship election.

This comes after the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, in a post via X, claimed that the Tribunal upheld his victory.

The Election Petition Tribunal declared the governorship election in the state held on March, 18 as inconclusive.

In a split decision of a ratio of 2:1, the Tribunal declared the election inconclusive and directed that a supplementary election should be held by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) within 90 days.

INEC is to conduct elections in 7 wards in 4 Local Government Areas.

Reacting to the confusion, Onanuga said there is a need for the urgent regulation of social media considering the different reports on the Kaduna State Tribunal judgement.

The APC chieftain noted that there should be some control in the social media space otherwise, misinformation and disinformation being disseminated will one day trigger a civil war in the country.

He wrote on X, “Social media needs to be regulated urgently. So many spurious reports today about the Kaduna governorship verdict by the Election Tribunal. The most notoriously shared headline: “Kaduna governorship election declared inconclusive”. This was circulating while the Tribunal was still reading its judgment. There should be some control in the social media space, otherwise the misinformation and disinformation being disseminated will one day trigger a civil war in our country.”