A photo making the rounds on social media has claimed that different countries around the world have, in announcing Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, referred to him as either a drug dealer, a drug lord, or a drug kingpin. The photo shows Tinubu and a visual representation of how Austria, Canada, and Poland had each...
Author: Aisha Ibrahim Abba
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FACT CHECK: Does this video show INEC officials rigging elections for APC as Dino Melaye claims?
Dino Melaye, spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claimed that a viral video shows INEC officials rigging elections for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state. Melaye stated this in a Tweet posted alongside a video in the late hours of March 18, 2023. The video shows three women allegedly caught with already...
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FACT CHECK: Did PDP agents coerce returning officers to manipulate election results in Yauri?
A video is making the rounds on social media with the claim that agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) assaulted a returning officer and coerced him to announce election results in favour of the party. The event was said to have happened during the March 18 gubernatorial elections in Yauri Local Government Area of...
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FACT CHECK: Did Hoodlums chase INEC Officials in Osun state?
Multiple online media platforms have claimed that a group of hoodlums destabilised the voting process in Osogbo, Osun state on March 18, 2023, The posts claimed that the hoodlums attacked the Ataoja Ward 5 polling units 10 and 11 polling unit while voting was ongoing and started shooting sporadically, chasing away INEC officials and voters. ...
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FACT CHECK: Did hoodlums burn voting materials in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa state?
A video making the rounds on social media claims that hoodlums carted away with and burnt election materials in Constituency II, specifically wards 2, 3, 4, and 5, in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state. The post claimed that the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, March 18, 2023. Verification The CDD...
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FACT CHECK: INEC manipulating election results in Emohua LGA, Rivers state?
A video making the rounds on social media has claimed that in Emohua local government area of Rivers state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is planning to manipulate election results. The video has claimed that the commission had constructed a ‘back door’ in its office in Emohua LGA where they intend to sneak out...
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FACT CHECK: No election in Akete ward of Donga LGA Taraba State?
Multiple social media pages have posted photos of vandalised election materials which are claimed to be from the collation centre in Akete ward of Donga LGA in Taraba state. The posts claimed that there is no voting going on in the said ward because thugs vandalised the collation centre and made away with election materials...
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FACT CHECK: Does this video show MC Oluomo threatening Igbos in Lagos?
Ahead of the gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections, a video making the rounds on social media claims to show Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, threatening Igbo voters in Lagos. The video, which appears to be a screen recording a live video, shows MC Olumo speaking to a crowd of cheering audience...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC Chairman say his life is at risk as Dino Melaye claims?
The official spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, has claimed that the chairman of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), professor Mahmood Yakubu had ‘cried out’ that his life is at risk. Melaye made this claim on his Twitter page in the early hours of March 6, 2023, and captioned it ‘please...
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FACT CHECK: Did the European Union ask INEC to disqualify Tinubu?
A press statement allegedly from the European Union making the rounds on social media has called for the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress as the president-elect for ‘gross electoral misconduct’. Nigeria’s presidential election was held on February 25, 2023. The purported press release also recommended that the Independent National Election...