By Enitan Abdultawab
Super Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre described the viral verified Facebook page peddling fake news about her as frustrating and unsettling.
The defender further dismissed reports claiming she was dropped from Nigeria’s squad for the upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), describing the stories as completely false and the product of a fake Facebook page impersonating her.
In a personal statement released on Thursday, Plumptre revealed that a Facebook account bearing a verified blue tick had been spreading fabricated claims about her alleged exclusion from the national team.
According to the Leicester-born defender, the page falsely claimed that she had been left out of the Super Falcons squad after refusing to comply with demands allegedly made by corrupt football officials.
