[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola
has brought to public notice another hack on his twitter account,
@tundefashola. It will be recalled that this same twitter handle
suffered similar fate in September, last year.
According to a statement signed by Mr Fashola’s Special Adviser
on Communications, Mr Hakeem Bello on Tuesday, the twitter
account must have been compromised since late Sunday, as
members of the public, who follow the Minister, started calling to
draw attention to the gibberish tweets in the early hours of
Monday.
Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser, Communications Minister, who
also issued a release on the development, said that, “The account
has been recovered and safeguarded to prevent recurrence but
people are alerted to be on the lookout for scammers who may
want to use the Minister’s name to dupe unsuspecting members of
the public.”
He said that, “Fashola had also severally dissociated himself from
the antics of Facebook scammers, and other unscrupulous
persons who use his photographs and ascribe fictitious statements
to him on fake Facebook accounts aimed at defrauding innocent
people,” and advised “members of the public to always clarify with
the appropriate agencies of government at all levels before
engaging in any dealings with people purportedly working for
them, the statement also urged people to report anyone making
suspicious monetary or other demands to the law enforcement
agencies.”