By Chiagozie Nwonwu & Fauziyya Tukur
BBC Disinformation Team
False claims about Nigeria's electoral commission sparked concern as voters cast their ballots on Saturday. Videos containing old and misleading footage filmed in previous polls were also circulating.
While Nigerians await the official election results we have looked into some of these claims.
Social media in Nigeria, especially Twitter, has played a huge role in the dissemination of credible election-related news but at the same time it has been a major source of disinformation and misinformation.
In Nigeria, voters mark the ballot paper with their thumb print. Some videos purported to show ballot-stuffing, with a handful of people each using their thumb print on dozens of voting papers in support of their preferred party.
Another viral clip coached people on the best way to print their thumb on ballot papers while voting for a particular party.
Both sets of videos had strong regional and religious undertones and were widely shared on WhatsApp groups and Twitter.
Using reverse-image search tools, the BBC traced some of the videos of people thumb-printing ballots to elections in 2021 and 2019. It is not clear whether or not those ballot papers were ever used to vote.
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