On November 6, 2023, a claim was being circulated with images attached across Facebook pages. A version of the claim reads that “Political thug caught with charms and arms in Nembe in Bayelsa State when he and his gang reported shot an elderly woman to death.”
Claim: Image shows thugs caught with charms and arms in Nembe in Bayelsa State.
Verification:
The CDD War Room subjected the attached images to a Google reverse image search.
We found that the images were cut from a video posted by a Facebook user. According to the Facebook post, “the kidnappers stormed the residence of Caroline Bassey, who was successfully kidnapped out of her residence at Peter Ojie street off Winners Way by kidnappers masquerading as people who want to rent chairs from her in her compound.”
The incident was reported to occur in Calabar, Cross River at about 11.30am on Saturday November, 4 2023.
The event were officially reported by mainstream media and some blog pages here and here.
To establish whether the story peddled alongside the images is true, we contacted the “CDD soldiers of mouth” in Nembe, Bayelsa. They revealed that no elderly woman was shot and that no arrest in connection with any shooting was effected by law enforcement agencies.
Therefore, we can confirm that the images attached to the claim that political thugs were caught with charms and arms in Nembe in Bayelsa State, are not related to any recent incidents in Bayelsa State. CDD War Room can also confirm that no elderly woman was shot as claimed by those circulating the images.
Verdict: FALSE
The CDD War Room traced the attached image to Calabar when the Police nabbed three kidnappers after abducting a former INEC staff. We can confirm that no thugs were arrested, and no elderly woman was shot in Nembe, Bayelsa State.
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