Nigeria, July 5 -- The Lagos State Government has accused some social media influencers and bloggers of circulating misleading images of flooding from other locations and falsely presenting them as scenes from Lagos.

The state's Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made the allegation in a post on X on Sunday, stating that the practice aimed to promote what he described as a "destructive narrative" about flooding in the state.

Mr Wahab stated that the government had observed a trend in which flood images from other Nigerian states and countries were shared online and falsely attributed to Lagos.

"We have watched with concern as some individuals have chosen to politicise the issue of flooding in Lagos by ...