The People’s Democratic Party PDP in Enugu State has condemned what it described as a deliberate attempt by some opposition political parties in the State to engage in the maligning of the party’s governorship candidate in the State, Peter Mbah, following a trending video which made some allegations against him.
Addressing journalists in Enugu, the director of Communications and Spokesman, PDP Campaign Organization in the State, Nana Ogbodo, said those involved in the spiteful campaigns and character assassination should be brought to book by law enforcement agencies.
Ogbodo said the purveyors of the fake news were taking for granted the fact that the Governor of the State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had enthroned an enabling environment characterized by restraint even in the face of provocation, lamenting that it was unfortunate that some misguided members of the society have continually hidden under the anonymity of the social media world to peddle sheer falsehood.
The PDP Campaign spokesman warned that though the Nigerian constitution guarantees an array of freedom, including rights of expression, it does not translate to a right to deliberately tarnish people’s reputations, calling on law enforcement agencies to dig deep and bring to law all those who have by the provocative messages gone beyond the provisions of law and decency.
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