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In The article.” [ Michael Essien loses over 1million followers on twitter after declaring supports for gays & Lesbians ]
Research by independent fact-checkers, ghana.dubawa.org which exposed the false news about Michael Essien below.
Verdict: FALSE Social media indices used to assess the following of Michael Essien on Twitter show that he has not lost a million followers on the platform.
Verification
Twitter: Relying on the free Twitter monitoring application provided by SocialBakers, an AI-powered social media marketing company we run a scan on Michael Essien’s personal Twitter page and noticed that his followers on Twitter on 2nd March 2021 when the controversial post was made, did not fall but rather increased significantly compared to previous days.
The application recorded at least 560 net new followers.
This was a sharp rise in the number of net new followers compared to previous days.
See the graphs below for the visual representation:
Essien’s follower growth since February 2021
Essien’s net followers since February 2021
Conclusion
Based on the information above, we conclude that the claim that Ghanaian football star Michael Essien lost over a million followers on social media after declaring solidarity with LGBTQ+ in Ghana is false.
