Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson of the Labour Party Presidential campaign team, on Sunday, February 26, 2023, challenged the Ekiti state result of the presidential elections. Okonkwo who posted an alleged screenshot of the election result uploaded by CivicHive claimed that the date of the result proves that it was uploaded days before the election, hence,...
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FACT CHECK: Does Ghana attach candidate’s image to ballot papers as Peter Obi claimed?
On February 25, 2023, shortly after voting, Peter Obi the presidential candidate of the Labour Party granted a virtual interview on Arise TV. While making a remark on the report that some of the ballot papers in some parts of the country do not have his party logo or acronym, he said “well, we expected...
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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: Dele Momodu shares fake election results from Datti’s polling unit
By Aishah Saleeman Dele Momodu, a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, shared election results from Datti Ahmed’s polling unit (PU). Datti Ahmed is a former senator and running mate to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. According to the result posted by Momodu, Labour Party bagged only...
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FACT CHECK: Did Buhari vote for Peter Obi as multiple TikTok videos claim?
There is a viral claim that President Muhammed Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) voted for the opposing Labour Party in the ongoing 2023 presidential elections. Peter obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Multiple videos shared here, here, here and here claim to show Buhari voting for Labour Party. In...
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FACT-CHECK: Is this shooting from Nigeria’s presidential election?
A video making the rounds on various social media platforms is shared alongside claims that it shows election day violence from Nigeria’s ongoing presidential election. Two men on motorcycles are seen wielding guns and scattering boxes in the video; one of the men appears to have been shot to death by military officers. This user...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show Peter Obi confirming IPOB sit-at-home order on election day?
A viral video of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, is circulating online with the claim that Obi said there is sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on election day. Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist, posted the video on his Twitter handle on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The tweet has since...
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FACT CHECK: Have Peter Obi, Kwankwaso stepped aside from presidential race?
As the election speedily approaches, the strength with which disinformation is disseminated grows. It was widely reported on the morning of February 24, 2023, less than 24 hours before the Nigerian general election, that Rabiu Kwankwanso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), had stepped down in favour of Atiku Abubakar, the...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC omit Labour Party logo from ballot papers in Lagos, Ondo? Here is what we know
Barely 24 hours before Nigeria’s general elections, there have been reports circulating on social media that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) did not include the Labour Party Logo on some ballot papers to be used for elections on February 25. According to the reports, the ballot papers for the National Assembly elections did not have...
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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...