On November 24, 2023, an X user (formerly Twitter) tweeted that the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, had been sacked by the Court of Appeal. He added that the Appeal Court ordered a rerun in 99 polling units of the state. He said, “Just in: Appeal Court sacked Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state,...
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FACT CHECK: Did Femi Falana Say Kogi Central Is An Election Robbery Center?
On November 20, 2023, a claim was attributed to Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The claim concerning the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Kogi state went viral on WhatsApp. Falana allegedly said Kogi Central Senatorial District is the election robbery center in the just-concluded governorship election. Verification The CDD War...
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FACT CHECK: Votes scored by APC candidate in Okene and Okehi LGA surpass the PVCs collected
Days after the governorship election in Kogi state, leading to the announcement of Usman Ahmed Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected governor, the CDD War Room received several claims concerning the November 11 governorship election. On November 15, 2023, a Facebook user posted an image of the INEC chairman with the...
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FACT CHECK: Is palliative rice shared in Bayelsa?
On November 9, 2023, barely 48 hours before the governorship election in Bayelsa state, the CDD War Room received a claim that bags of rice received as part of the palliative package from the Federal government were being shared. The Facebook user shared the images with the caption, “PDP is currently loading federal government palliative...
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FACT SHIELD: Who is Constitutionally Empowered to Collate and Declare Election Results?
There are five main steps towards conducting a free, fair, and credible election. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines, the steps are accreditation, voting, counting, collation and results declaration. Over the years, electorates and the general public in Nigeria have always paid keen attention to accreditation, voting and counting, leaving out collation...
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FACT CHECK: Was Bayelsa Monarch Suspended for Endorsing Timipre Sylva?
On October 19, 2023, a piece of news went viral and appeared on the front page of “The Point” newspaper. The headline reads, “Bayelsa suspends monarch for endorsing Sylva.” Claim: The Bayelsa Government has suspended a monarch for endorsing Timpre Sylva of the APC Verification: The CDD War Room traced the story to the website...
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FACT SHIELD: What to Know about November 11 Bayelsa Governorship Election
As voters in Bayelsa State in the South South geo-political zone head to the polls to elect a governor on November 11 2023, it is important for voters and all stakeholders in the electoral process to familiarise themselves with the gubernatorial candidates, the salient issues and the political landscape. The Gubernatorial Candidates On June 6,...
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FACT CHECK: Was N355 Billion Spent on Acquisition of BVAS?
On September 10, 2023, Dele Momodu, a politician and publisher of Ovation Magazine, who served as the director of strategic communications for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, posted on his Instagram page, “N355 billion for BVAS and 5 person’s said it wasn’t necessary to use it? Isn’t that laughable? Oh, what a...
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FACT CHECK: Has Justice Ugo of the Presidential Election Petition Court Resigned?
On July 19, 2023, a blog post by the Igbo Times Magazine went viral. The news was titled “Justice Ugo Resigns, Citing Demands to ‘Kneecap’ Democracy, Says ‘’Siding with Tinubu’ Would Mean ‘The Death of Nigeria’s Democracy” The blog post claimed that the Judge, who doubles as a member of the 2023 presidential election petition...
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FACT CHECK: Can BVAS be pre-loaded before voting starts?
Ahead of the March 18 elections, a text circulating rapidly on WhatsApp, created the impression that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) can be preloaded before voting starts on election day. The viral post urges the electorate to monitor the BVAS machine before the voting exercise begins as it claims that it has to be...
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