NYALI M.P Mohammed Ali Falls Victim to False News

Nyali M.P Mohammed Ali (picture - Courtesy)

In this era of social media and false "breaking news", it calls for a high level of vigilance for any social media user in search of whats happening and news makers.
Twitter, in fight of fake news and fake accounts, has verified accounts of famous people so as to distinguish them from fake ones. This helps to aunthenticate information from its site (twitter).
However, some cunning people online play around with peoples accounts and make tweets look original from verified accounts.
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The Nyali M.P Mohammed Ali has become the latest victim to this as a screenshot purpoting to show him(from his verified twitter account) bashing Mombasa governor (Ali Joho) and NASA leader Raila Odinga surfaced online.
In the purpoted tweet, Ali pronounces the political death of Raila Odinga. He goes on to tell NASA supporters that there will be no swearing in as the legit president has already been sworn in.

However, in a tweet captioning the screenshot, the legislator has come out to refute the claims as false and malicious

Fake news. This is not my post. Mungu akupe akili kubwa, hekima na busara ili uache kutumiwa na watu wenye akili ndogo kuharibia wengine jina. pic.twitter.com/yYB230sdoQ

— Mohammed Ali (@MohaJichoPevu) January 22, 2018

So be extra vigilant while online.
ADVICE: Suspect anything you read or see online until you can independently verify it.