Festus Keyamo, a spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, posted two videos on his verified Twitter page with the claim that they show Labour Party’s thugs intimidating and harassing voters in the ongoing 2023 gubernatorial elections.
Keyamo captioned the post, “If indeed there’s no secret agenda (especially regarding Lagos) to which some media houses have been recruited, we urge a balanced reportage. Areas like these👇where Labour Party thugs are seen harassing and intimidating voters have been curiously blanked out by the regular Press.”
The post has since garnered over 9,000 views, 514 retweets, and 847 likes as of when it was retrieved from Twitter.
This is coming amid multiple reports of voter intimidation experienced across several polling units, including Lagos state.
Claim: Videos show Labour Party thugs intimidating and harassing voters.
Verification
CDD Election War Room assessed the videos and found that Keyamo’s claim is misleading.
The first video shows the moment when a man came to retrieve a table being used by INEC officials. After he took away the table, another man then asked that the ballot box be put on the floor, saying they must vote.
The second video shows a face-off between a woman and a man. The woman was heard challenging the man over his utterances against her. “He is saying that he will locate me. Come and face me. You will locate me for what?” She was heard saying.
Another woman was also heard trying to calm the aggrieved woman, while an official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was seen seated.
There was no mention of Labour Party thugs intimidating or harassing voters in the two videos.
Verdict
The claim by Festus Keyamo that videos show LP thugs intimidating and harassing voters, is misleading. The CDD Election War Room assessed the videos and can confirm that there was no mention of such incidents in the videos.
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