The Media Office of Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, has raised alarm over what it described as a coordinated smear campaign sponsored by desperate politicians jittery over his rising popularity.
In a statement on Tuesday, the office accused political opponents of faking news sites and planting malicious stories to discredit Elumelu. “Part of the smear campaign came in a recent malicious misrepresentation in the social media wherein some mischievous elements faked the Facebook page of a news portal (Dailyreport.ng) and used same to falsely claim that Hon. Elumelu made a recent comment on some political parties,” the office said.
The fake post, dated August 14, 2025, alleged that Elumelu spoke at a rally in Asaba on August 9. The office, however, dismissed the report as fabrication. “For the avoidance of doubt, the Immediate past Minority Leader had not attended any political rally in the recent time and there was no political rally in Asaba… which has the Immediate past Minority Leader in attendance let alone making comments as claimed by the post,” the statement clarified.
According to the office, investigations revealed that “the individual that made the mischievous post was recruited and sponsored by some cowardly political elements who, being overtly jittery over the soaring popularity of the Immediate past Minority Leader, have now resorted to criminal tendencies of faking news sites to plant misrepresentations and fabrications against him.”
It further alleged wider plots by hack writers to publish malicious articles. “This Office however cautions such individuals to note that Nigerians can see through their machinations and that they cannot sway the public with their cheap lies and misrepresentation,” the statement read.
While Elumelu has “forgiven those behind this mischief,” the office warned it “will not hesitate to take very strong legal and professional actions should such individuals fail to retrace their steps.”
