A damning report published by the U.K Guardian has revealed how a foreign firm tried to influence the 2015 presidential election in favour of the then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

A London-based data mining and analytic firm, SCL, which is the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, was hired to do the dirty job by an unnamed Nigerian oil billionaire who was afraid of Mr. Jonathan losing the presidential election, the paper reported on Wednesday.

Cambridge Analytica is currently facing global outrage over its misuse of personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users. It has also been mentioned in the alleged rigging of the U.S election in favour of President Donald Trump.

A former employee of Cambridge Analytica is quoted to have told the Guardian that the covert campaign in Nigeria was to gulp nearly $2 million, although the election was six to eight weeks away.

The paper said the strategies involved both ethical and unethical acts like procuring from Israeli computer hackers, hacked information on the then opposition leader, Buhari’s finances and medical records.

Cambridge Analytica, the paper said, released “an astonishing and disturbing” video intended to scare voters from giving electoral support to Buhari who eventually defeated Jonathan, anyway.

U.K Guardian Report How Billionaire Supporter of Jonathan Hired Cambridge Analytica With $2M to Hacked Buhari's Emails And Also to Influence 2015 Election In Nigerian

The video contained scenes of violent killings in Nigeria, the paper said. “It was voter suppression of the most crude and basic kind.

It was targeted at Buhari voters in Buhari regions to basically scare the shit out of them and stop them from voting,” a former contractor with Cambridge Analytica said of the video.

Analyzing the testimony of persons who worked on ground in Nigeria with Cambridge Analytica during the campaign, the Guardian stated: “Their testimony paints an extraordinary picture of how far a western company would contemplate going in an effort to undermine the democratic process in a country that already struggles to provide free and fair elections.”

U.K Guardian Report How Billionaire Supporter of Jonathan Hired Cambridge Analytica With $2M to Hacked Buhari's Emails And Also to Influence 2015 Election In Nigerian

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U.K Guardian Report How Billionaire Supporter of Jonathan Hired Cambridge Analytica With $2M to Hacked Buhari's Emails And Also to Influence 2015 Election In Nigerian

Here's what Nigerian has to say about the report:

Anything to send this disaster back to his Daura farm will be appreciated. Nigeria and Nigerians can't survive another term of Buhari!

Unfortunately, Obama's campaign team donated for terrorist buhari's presidential campaign were too much for Cambridge analytics to handle.

Anway with hunger, hardship, low purchasing power, genocide by terrorist fulani herders, fuel queues, electricity hike, fuel price hike currently facing Nigerians and grossly incompetent govt where boko-Haram terrorist now speaks for them, vast number of Nigerians wish GEJ won 2015 elections, not the calamity call buhari.

As if Buhari knows what email is? does he have any email account?

VP is very correct on the amount spend on their failed election. I am waiting to see how 5% IPOB will send Buhari back to Daura.

APC Trying tooth and Nail to Breath

PMB does not use emails... Poor hackers...