By Ismail Auwal
The editors of Wikipedia have blocked the page of the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after numerous page took the platform to edit his age from 79 to 69.
People across Nigeria have argued that the ruling party’s leader is older than he claims.
The Jagaban, as he is popularly known, celebrated his 69th birthday on March 29, 2021.
Wikipedia editors have locked the profile page showing details about the life of Bola Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for “persistent vandalism”.
According to TheCable, there were not less than 84 attempts to change the age of the APC from 79 to 69 on his page.
The multiple attempts to change to correct the “error” on Wikipedia page resulted in locking the page by some top editors working with the web platform.
It is said that the activities on the page and found that there were about 84 edits done on the page on Tinubu’s birthday and most of them were to alter or correct his age.
The paper traced the IP address responsible for the first edit to a location in Lagos Island. The edit was done via using the Airtel network. More information about the person can also be traced as the person in question did not mask his/her IP.
