In the video, graphically violent images were used to portray President Muhammadu Buhari, then candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a supporter of Sharia law who would brutally suppress dissenters and negotiate with extremist groups.
Christopher Wylie, a
whistleblower, had told British members of parliament (MPs) that the video was
distributed in Nigeria with the sole intent of intimidating voters.
Wylie also said Cambridge
Analytica directed AggregateIQ (AIQ), the Canadian digital services firm that
worked for Vote Leave during Britain’s EU referendum, to target voters with the
video during the presidential campaign.
Wylie, a former Cambridge
Analytica employee, has now handed the material to MPs.
Giving testimony last week, he
said: “Cambridge Analytica sent AggregateIQ the video after they [CA] got
banned from several online ad networks because the graphic nature of the
content violated the terms of service. AIQ was quite freaked out about it. It’s
a very disturbing video. They told Cambridge Analytica that. They called it
‘the murder video’.”
Cambridge Analytica was
reportedly hired by a Nigerian billionaire to run a campaign in support of
former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“Coming to Nigeria on February
15th 2015,” the voiceover says in the manner of a trailer for a Hollywood
movie. “Dark. Scary. And very uncertain. Sharia for all.” It poses the
question: “What would Nigeria look like if sharia were imposed by Buhari?” It
suggests he would strike a deal with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram
that would be “a pact with the devil”. The video also suggests “Buhari will
punish all who speak against the regime” and that “women will be veiled”. It
ends by saying: “You can stop this movie becoming real.”
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