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: 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: 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...
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FACT CHECK: Images show Peter Obi and Rhodes-Vivour after getting drunk?
On February 18, 2023, a Twitter user shared two photos of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the party’s gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State. In the first photo, the political colleagues are seen sitting with food, drinks, a duvet, and a blanket in front of them. For the second photo, they are...
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FACT CHECK: Does viral video show Dino Melaye campaigning for Peter Obi?
Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, posted a video via his verified Twitter handle, claiming to show Dino Melaye, a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, asking Nigerians to support Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The renowned musician, who is a staunch supporter of Obi, the Labour Party presidential...
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FACT CHECK: How true is El-Rufai’s claim that number of votes in Anambra is one LGA in Kaduna?
On January 2, 2023, Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, appeared on the TVC news show, Journalist hangout. This interview came barely 24 hours after he claimed that there are saboteurs in the presidency working against Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While fielding questions on the chances of...
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FACT SHIELD: Few days to election, can a candidate step down? Here’s what the law says…
With the 2022 elections barely 24 days away, there have been various reports of candidates stepping down for other candidates or even alignments and coalitions. These reports have been debated, discarded and sometimes addressed by the candidates. True or not how do these reports affect the political ecosystem? Can a candidate decide to withdraw from...