On April 29, 2024, a video went viral across social media, particularly on X (formerly Twitter) and Whatsapp.
Attached to the video is a caption “ Listen to Senator Jimoh Ibrahim in this video recorded after he lost the APC Gubernatorial Primary in Ondo State. He was dishing out instructions to his thugs in Yoruba. He said: *”I have the list of all those who collected money from me. Those whose accounts I transferred money into. You should now go and be killing them one by one. Kill them, their children, and their wives”* Now, here is a well-read holder of a PhD from Harvard. A reknown business mogul, a serving senator of this nation, and a supposed leader who was aspiring to become the governor of Ondo state. Just because he lost in the primary elections, see what he was doing. This type of character has no business in government. It is obvious that he’s not going there to serve anybody but himself. He is desperate only to massage his ego and satisfy his greed with public resources. Such a despicable character should be kept away from public office.”
Claim: Does this video show Senator Jimoh Ibrahim instructing thugs to kill?
Verification:
Jimoh Ibrahim is the senator representing Ondo South senatorial district at the National Assembly and an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant. He contested the April 20, 2024, APC governorship primary election against 14 other aspirants in Ondo.
On April 22, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who assumed power following the death of Rotimi Akeredolu, was declared the election winner. He polled 48,569 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mayowa Akinfolarin, who scored 15,343 votes to come second. Olusola Oke polled 14,915 votes to come third, while Jimoh Ibrahim came fourth with 9,456 votes.
About a week after the primary election, the video attached to the above claim circulated across social media.
The CDD War Room found that the voice and footage, which is portrayed as that of Senator Ibrahim was extracted from a movie on Apata TV, a popular Nollywood movies channel on YouTube. We found that the actor in the movie is Samson Eluwole, and the video or context of the discussion in the video is unrelated to Jimoh Ibrahim. We can confirm that the video does not show Jimoh Ibrahim giving instructions to kill, and the caption attached is false.
Verdict: FALSE
The CDD War Room found that the video attached to the claim is a Nollywood movie. The scene is an excerpt from a movie on Apata TV and the actor is Samson Eluwole, not Jimoh Ibrahim. We found that the caption attached to the video is false.
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