Presidential media aide, Daniel Bwala, has vowed to intensify efforts to counter what he calls a coordinated campaign of disinformation against President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Bwala said that his role includes both policy advocacy and active rebuttal of fake news and politically motivated narratives.
“This is my job as a spokesman. In addition to communicating PBAT’s [President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s] policies, I am also on red alert to take down any drone of fake news, misinformation, disinformation, and gbajue-formation,” he stated.
Bwala accused a group he described as a “coalition of internally displaced politicians” of fuelling tension between loyalists of former President Muhammadu Buhari and those of President Tinubu.
“These coalition of internally displaced politicians are using their media goons to try to create a conflict between Buhari boys and Tinubu boys,” he wrote.
He alleged that recent efforts to misrepresent public statements by Boss Mustapha, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), were part of an agenda to sow discord within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“They misquoted, misread, and misinterpreted Honourable Boss Mustapha. They also falsely attributed an article to Garba Shehu, calling me names just to provoke me into a public spat. But they failed. Garba and I have since talked it out,” Bwala said.
He described the unnamed political group as a “hydra-headed coalition, looking like an octopus on a wild goose chase,” and maintained that such antics would not distract the administration from its priorities.