According to Digital Forensic Research Lab

Two networks (with multiple Twitter accounts) of Nigerian Twitter accounts are amplifying pro-government content and appear to be staging an online suppression campaign to delegitimize the nationwide #EndSARS protests against police brutality.

From at least late October, 2020, these two networks –comprising a cluster of recently created grassroot sockpuppet accounts, and the second a group of high-follower paid influencers — posted and amplified content and hashtags supporting Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his incumbent political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The accounts also shared and amplified content meant to suppress #EndSARS protesters, delegitimize prominent eyewitnesses and vilify local organisations pushing for accountability on the part of government.
The accounts did this by circulating meme-like graphics in a loosely coordinated manner. Over the span of a few minutes to several hours, these images — using the same fonts, colors and graphical elements — would be posted and amplified by both of these networks.

The accounts frequently interacted with and amplified each other’s posts through retweets and quote tweets. The accounts coordinated their activity using a distinct set of hashtags, particularly

#OneNigeria, #LeadWithLove, #EndViolence, and more recently, #EndViolenceInNigeria.

Considering the scale and persistence of the #EndSARS movement on social media, such a campaign stands to benefit President Buhari and his government. Although there is no direct evidence linking President Buhari’s government to these accounts, the content being shared is strongly biased in favor of President Buhari, his government and the Nigerian armed forces.

Conclusion
This network appears to be an attempted counter of the #EndSARS movement’s popularity online, combining a mixture of social media influencers and sockpuppet accounts to amplify content beneficial to the Nigerian armed forces, President Buhari and the Nigerian government. At the same time, these accounts cast doubt at the legitimacy of the protests and the demands underpinning them.
This behavior is deceptive, and creates the impression of support for this content where there is little authentic support for it. There are also indications that the network is expanding: new sockpuppet accounts have already joined the accounts indicated here since our research began.



For full details

https://medium.com/dfrlab/nigerian-government-aligned-twitter-network-targets-endsars-protests-5bb01a96665c

Shameless govt

These people are really afraid. You ain't seen nothing yet

no matter how much u try to hold down the cover, nothing stops a pot of boiling water from overflowing... only a foolish govt will under estimate d power of the angry masses... they shld keep pushing their luck beyong the elastic limit.

Seun and lalasticlala
can Nigerians see this please!

This present government is truly a Junta

helinues:

I won't be surprised if you are one of them. Na where them fit find you be this.

SweetJoystick:

I won't be surprised if you are one of them. Na where them fit find you be this.

It worked during the subsidy protest through Cambridge analytical, it should work this time as well..

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3 more years of wailing...

Me just wondering why your wailing be daily? Try and make it weekly now cos you still have long years to go...

Just give us good Governance and the unrest will come to an abrupt Halt

Is that too much to ask for??

I dnt knw what is wrong with this APC led government and its leaders......you are not dojng well and people complain in form of protest, instead of appealing to the masses to be calm and give you guys some time to patch up, you guys are hunting us down and arresting us...

God will destroy all of you soon and all those supporting you guys here on nairaland!

26six:
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Mynd44
Lalasticlacla
Seun
Dominique
OAMJ4

Rule 1

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26six:
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your harlot mother rule 1

Why are always constituting nuisance . Don't you get tired of creating multiple accounts

26six:
ask helinues

Dude, you need to get a hobby or GF, or something.

No matter, just sit, relax and think about this pic below.. That’s what all we have to do..

-Don’t let the government distract us. Fear not. All we have to do is stand up and speaking.

sammy329:
Dude, you need to get a hobby or GF, or something.

Who go fit date this kind of person in reality?

Hahahahaha