The 2023 election was riddled with false claims targeted at swaying voters and altering reality as Nigerians went to the poll on election days. TheCable thoroughly fact-checked these claims to put the facts straight.
1. FACT CHECK: Video of arrested thugs shared by Dino Melaye is old
CLAIM: Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council, shared a video of arrested political thugs on Twitter. The caption says the APC thugs were arrested in Lagos on Friday, March 17, 2023.
VERDICT: Misleading.
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The video is old and misleading. Checks by TheCable revealed that the video has been on YouTube as far back as May 29, 2022.
2. FAKE NEWS ALERT: Labour Party did not issue statement nullifying Rhodes-Vivour’s candidacy
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CLAIM: A circulating statement purportedly from the Labour Party (LP) claims that Ifagbemi Awamaridi is the valid gubernatorial candidate of the party in Lagos and not Gbadegbo Rhodes-Vivour.
VERDICT: False.
Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson of the LP campaign, said the statement is false. He added that the signatures of the Lagos party chairman and secretary in the statement were forged to mislead Lagos voters.
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3. FACT CHECK: Bloodied picture of Olumide Oworu, LP Lagos assembly candidate, is from movie set
CLAIM: A bloodied picture of Olumide Oworu, the LP house of assembly candidate for Surulere LGA 1, is circulating on social media with the claim that the injuries in the photo...
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