Fact-Check: Should Bayelsa Deputy Governor Be Impeached For Refusing To Defect With His Governor?

A Facebook post by Mirror Box has sparked rumours that the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, will be victimised and impeached by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly for refusing to defect from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with Governor Diri Duoye.   Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo had distanced…

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False! No Freedom, $50,000 Compensation For Simon Ekpa

Image of Simon Ekpa attached to the claim on Facebook. Claim: Multiple Facebook users claimed that a Finnish court has freed Simon Ekpa and awarded him $50,000 compensation because the Nigerian Government failed to appear in court. Full Text Simon Ekpa is a Nigerian separatist and self-acclaimed leader of a faction of the proscribed Indigenous…

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