Fake News Twitter troll is exposed for posting a false rape story

Twitter troll is exposed for posting a false rape story

ayodele johnson

July 9, 2018 11:12 PM

A Pulse Nigeria article from 2017 exposes the lies of a Twitter troll who tried to tarnish the image of a Nigerian feminist.

A Twitter troll has been caught with his hands in the cookie jar. On Thursday, July 4, 2018, a Twitter account @Ujunwa77 made claims that a man named Lekan Akinjide raped her.

With a Twitter thread, the supposed lady behind the account narrated how the man allegedly raped her while she was a domestic servant in his home. The woman also claimed his wife Ozzy Etomi knew about it and did nothing.

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The Twitter thread quickly caught the attention of Ozzy Etomi who swiftly denied the claim. Other Twitter users doubted the authenticity of the allegations also.

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Many people were of the opinion that the story was fake and a smear campaign against Ozzy Etomi, a feminist who has been in vocal in her fight against rape culture and sexual assault in Nigeria.

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A day later, the opinions became a fact. A Twitter user by the name of Akan Maurice went on to discover that the rape allegation was sourced from a Morning Teaser article on Pulse Nigeria.

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Maurice produced a screenshot of the article which contained a letter written to Pulse by a 28-year-old woman identified as Victoria. The letter was titled 'Sexual Harassment: My boss raped me in his office'.

The mysterious @Ujunwa77 was dragged by Twitter for spread a false allegation and trying to tarnish the image of a woman who has been steadfast in seeking gender equality in Nigeria.

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@Ujunwa77 is yet to delete the thread. The fake rape allegations came in the midst of the #MeToo movement on Twitter when anonymous Nigerian women told their rape and sexual assault stories.

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