CLAIM: The governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has called out the Director General of the Department of State Services, Mr Yusuf Bichi, to a fight.
CONTEXT: A 20-second video shows Mr Emefiele addressing a press conference on the outcome of the monetary policy committee. The video suggests that the governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has called out the Director General of the Department of State Services, Mr Yusuf Bichi, to a fight.
VERIFICATION: The 20-second video shows Mr Emefiele addressing a press conference on the outcome of the monetary policy committee, where he allegedly made the comment. In the video seen by Daily Trust, Emefiele is heard saying, “And I hear that it is making news on social media, well I am not on social media, but let him come and meet in the central bank, let him show his face. “Those who feel they want to support him to fight him, come out let’s fight.”
Daily Trust subjected the video to checks and verification using Invid to ascertain its authenticity. It was discovered that the video was manipulated. Subsequently, Daily Trust obtained the original video of the MPC press briefing in September 2021, where Mr Emefiele was answering questions on why it shut down AbokiFX, a website that collated the black-market exchange rates of naira. It was confirmed that the CBN governor was giving an update on why they had to shut down AbokiFX and not call Mr Bichi out for a fight as suggested by the title of the video.
VERDICT: Following verification by Daily Trust, it has been established that the video in circulation is False and Misleading as the CBN governor did not at any point in time call the DSS DG out for a fight.
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