A social media post published with a video claimed that Nigeria's electoral court had declared the Labour Party’s Peter Obi the winner of the February 25 presidential election. But this is false: the court is still hearing separate petitions filed by candidates – one of them Obi – who are contesting the results that saw the ruling party's Bola Tinubu appointed president. As of July 24, 2023, the special tribunal had not yet delivered any judgments.

“Peter Obi has been declared d winner by d tribunal (sic),” reads a Facebook post published on July 18, 2023, and shared with more than 360 times.

A screenshot showing the false post, taken on July 20, 2023

The account behind the post regularly shares content in support of Obi.

The first part of the four-minute-long video shows a man narrating in pidgin English -- a simplified form of English widely spoken in Nigeria -- alongside pictures of Tinubu, Obi, and Orji Okpe, a TV presenter on local station Arise Television.

The narrator claims the election tribunal in Abuja ruled in favour of Obi, adding: "Mr. Jagaban don dey threaten Nigeria about chaos (sic)."

Tinubu, who was sworn in as president on May 29, 2023, is often called "Jagaban" by his party supporters. His election victory is being challenged by Obi, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party and the Allied People Movement.

The video switches briefly to Tinubu and a clip showing him receiving his election certificate from the Nigerian election commission and...

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