A video is making the rounds on social media with the claim that it shows Remi Tinubu, wife of Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, threatening to chase Igbos out of Lagos state.
The video, retrieved from WhatsApp, was posted as a reel on Instagram and Facebook by a user identified as danprohecy.
The caption to the video reads, “This is too bad and moreso as coming from the Mother of the nation. Except it’s not real.”
The reel had garnered 3,600 shares and 996 likes on Facebook and over 1,000 likes on Instagram, as of when it was retrieved from the Meta platforms.
In the video, Remi is speaking with a lady of Igbo extraction who was laughing and pleading in Yoruba, as the former boasted about inheriting Igbos in Lagos state.
Remi could be heard speaking in Yoruba, “If you like, be recording, we will summon all the deities in Lagos to start chasing Igbos who don’t understand our language. Igbos who are not married to Yoruba will leave.
“Despite the love we have for you… We are not happy. Should I call on Obi-Eze? He said you’ve been compromised. You’ve brought a camera, go and play it. You’ve been compromised. We’ll inherit you.
Claim: Video shows Nigeria’s first lady, Remi Tinubu, threatening to chase Igbos out of Lagos state
Verification
We conducted a reverse image search using Yandex to confirm the authenticity of the viral video and to check if it was recent.
We found that the viral video was posted three days ago by a TikTok user with the username Steve.Steve.
Further checks show that the moment captured in the video was in 2019 during the period of the general elections.
However, the video resurfaced online in September 2022 in the buildup to the 2023 general elections, as seen here, here, here, here, here, and here
Verdict: MISLEADING
The CDD War Room can confirm that the viral video of Remi Tinubu is from 2019. In the clip, her utterances were more of frinedly banter and teasing comments, contrary to the narrative that the First Lady threatened to chase Igbos out of Lagos state.
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