Politics
Inside Details!…More Fake News, Character Assassination Come Into Play As Ambode Battles Sanwoolu In Messy Lagos APC Guber Pry
Expect more fake news.
And expect increased character assassination as re-election seeking Governor Akinwunmi Ambode battles touted replacement Babajide Sanwoolu for the All Progressives Congress ticket in Lagos state.
Sanwoolu goes into the battle with a backing from all the political powers – and more – that helped Ambode to power.
The Governor faces ferocious opposition from virtually all the organs of the APC in the state including the leadership of the party in Lagos state, the Lagos State House of Assembly and National Assembly members.
The development has resulted in very bad public perception about the Governor.
And Ambode’s backers are fighting back tooth and nail.
They are deploying all manners of news to reverse “the situation” as the APC primary holds.
The Governor led the charge with unverified and unsubstantiated damning allegations against his opponent Sanwoolu.
The development has sparked up criticism against the Governor for bringing “gutter style” to serious campaign issues.
Societynow.ng learned obviously operating under the mantra of “man backing the wall”, Ambode and his supporters have refused to back down despite the public backlash.
Insiders disclosed the Governor’s newly hired information machinery working hand in glove with remnants of the old one have intensified deployment of “propaganda” and “fake news” to undo their principal’s opponent.
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Attacks on endorsements of Sanwoolu and alleged adopting of Ambode by “powerful forces” outside Lagos are being deployed to give the Governor perception of a new found power.
“The objective is to create a huge perception to the APC at the national level that denying Ambode the gubernatorial ticket is a huge threat to the party’s chances at success during the general election, especially the Presidential election” societynow.ng learned.
A story that Bola Tinubu has dumped Sanwoolu for Ambode – confirmed to be false -has been released as the party gubernatorial election gets underway.
Societynow.ng learned the Sanwoolu team seeing the damage being done, especially with fake news attacking waves of endorsement the former commissioner enjoy has started fighting back.
Insiders disclosed more “damaging” details that further hammer Ambode’s image and stories that counter the false narration of the Governor’s team are churned out by the minute.
Societynow.ng learned that as the fight rage in the media and social media space, threats of violence on the streets have started raising its ugly heads as political thugs take sides against one other in the unraveling fight for the Lagos APC gubernatorial ticket.
