HOW OVIE OMO-AGEGE MANIPULATED INEC CHAIRMAN THROUGH ABUSE OF POWER
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has shown himself to be a master practitioner of such manipulation, especially when it comes to the area of politics. Omo-Agege has systematically used the repetition of misleading information to conflate the real problems of the Delta APC. Psychological manipulation is an influence technique designed to change the behavior or beliefs of its target audiences through distraction, deception, and misrepresentation. One strikingly effective variant relies on the strategic deployment and exploitation of deceit, rumors, conspiracy theories, fake news, and other forms of non -factual knowledge —-in order to fan fears that have little or no basis in objective reality but ring viscerally true to target audiences. Investigations getting to our desks shows how the embattled Senator is currently using different methods of manipulations to great effect in controlling the Independent National Electoral Commision, INEC, through one Mr. Mustapha Lecky, who is the South-