A viral audio accusing Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers state, of voter intimidation began trending days after the general elections. In the alleged audio-visual, Wike could be heard liaising with what people reported to be staffs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as his aides through a telephone call on how...
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FACT CHECK: TikTok video showing INEC declaring Peter Obi winner of the election is fake
With election results being compiled around the country from the just concluded general elections, many fake results and false announcements of results have begun to go viral. One such false viral announcement is the declaration of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, as the winner of the presidential election. In the viral video which...
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FACT CHECK: Did Obasanjo stop 1.5m Chadians from coming to vote APC in Kano, Kaduna?
Reports alleging that former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo blocked 100 truck containers carrying nearly 1.5 million Chadians from entering Nigeria are going viral on social media. This report which has gone viral on various social media platforms was attributed to singer Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy. According to the report, Obasanjo had...
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FACT CHECK: Audio of Atiku, Okowa, Tambuwal planning with INEC to rig elections is doctored
On Friday, February 24, an audio file ascribed to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, began making rounds on social media. According to those sharing the voice note, the audio allegedly shows Atiku, his running mate, and the governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, discussing how to rig the election. The audio...
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FACT CHECK: Are Labour Party state chairmen working against Peter Obi? Here is what we know
On Thursday, February 23, 2022, Bashir Ahmad, the Deputy Director, Special Media Projects/New Media, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), alleged that the chairmen of the Labour Party (LP) from the 36 states had claimed that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party, could not win on Saturday’s election because...