The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said purveyors of fake news would be apprehended and sanctioned.
Mohammed said while fielding questions from newsmen at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said security agencies were working to apprehend those behind fake news, adding that such people would be punished according to the law.
The Minister said no nation would sit akimbo while its citizenry peddle fake news, stressing that the Federal Government would not allow fake news to thrive.
According to him: “We will go after the merchant of fake news.
“Those behind such news will soon be unravelled.”
