Claim I: “I never worked for the government before, I only guide the government. I was the governor of Lagos state and that was my first public life.” Context: Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Peoples Congress (APC), claimed in an interactive session with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) that he had...
Author: Gbemisola Adebowale
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FACT CHECK: Images show Peter Obi and Rhodes-Vivour after getting drunk?
On February 18, 2023, a Twitter user shared two photos of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the party’s gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State. In the first photo, the political colleagues are seen sitting with food, drinks, a duvet, and a blanket in front of them. For the second photo, they are...
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FACT CHECK: Is this a letter from the Finnish government on Nigerian Elections?
A letter purportedly from the office of the Prime Minister of Finland was shared on social media on February 16, 2023. The letter, which was addressed to Simon Ekpa, warned him that if the sit-at-home protest he had planned for the days of the general elections in Nigeria was not called off within 48 hours,...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Atiku Abubakar’s claims from the NESG presidential dialogue?
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, made several claims about corruption and the economy while speaking at the interactive session with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. In response to a specific question about how he intends to deal with corruption and the international perception of Nigeria as a corrupt country, Atiku mentioned meeting...
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FACT CHECK: Is it true that 60% of Nigerians do not have a bank account?
In an interview with Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, Ademola Abass, a legal practitioner, claimed that 60% of the population does not have a bank account. He said this while discussing the difficulties that the redesigned naira and the attempt at a cashless system have brought on for Nigerians. In his words, “60% of Nigerians don’t...
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FACT CHECK: Keyamo, Fani-Kayode post images from Chicago as APC rally in Sokoto?
Festus Keyamo and Femi Fani-Kayode, spokespersons of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, shared images, which they claimed were from APC rally in Sokoto. CDD Election War Room checked, and found that one of the images shared was from a totally different event two years ago. Keyamo, who serves as Nigeria’s minister of...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Atiku’s claims about Buhari versus PDP economy?
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made multiple claims about the Nigerian economy while speaking at a rally in Delta State. Claim I: Abubakar, who was vice-president from 1999 to 2007, claimed that “when the PDP was in power, Nigeria had the biggest economic growth until it became the biggest...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC chairman say fuel queues are putting elections at risk?
Multiple social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter claim that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said fuel scarcity is putting the election at risk. The posts suggest that Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairman, said this at a meeting with the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)....
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FACT CHECK: Is Kwankwaso’s doctorate honorary or academic?
On January 19, 2023. A Twitter user tweeted that Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the NNPP, is an academic fraud. This tweet came after Kwankwaso’s appearance at the Chatham House, where he declared himself a Ph.D. holder and not a trader. This was in response to questions about the possibility of him stepping down...