This, according to Nigerian journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi lead to the faddification of Facebook in Nigerian politics: President Jonathan took the shine off the IBB presidential declaration in Abuja by choosing that morning to announce his own bid on Facebook. Ibrahim Babangida launched a YouTube campaign video, and had an aide boast that he had become an avid Facebooker.
Все это, по мнению местного журналиста Толу Огунлези, привело к превращению Facebook в банальный инструмент нигерийской политики: