A social media post claimed that US President Joe Biden and the chairwoman of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, did not take photos with Nigerian leader Bola Tinubu at the G20 Summit held in India in September 2023. The post alleged that there were no official pictures with Tinubu because he was an “illegitimate” president. But the claim is false: the Nigerian government and Okonjo-Iweala published photos showing Tinubu with the WTO chief and Biden. The White House also said in a statement that Biden and Tinubu met on the sidelines of the G20 summit.

“Dear APC supporters, Show me a picture or video of your President with Joe Biden & Ngozi Iweala or three of them together at #G20India 2023 (sic),” reads a post published on X, formerly Twitter, on September 10, 2023.

A screenshot of the false post, taken on September 11, 2023

APC refers to Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress.

The post features two photos showing Biden and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Okonjo-Iweala posted the same photos (archived here) on September 10, 2023, noting that they were taken at the G20 leaders summit held in New Delhi (archived here).

The misleading post claimed that the two world leaders did not take photos with Tinubu at the summit because the Nigerian leader was an “illegitimate” president. It put up a $100 reward for anyone who could disprove his claim.

In February, APC’s Tinubu won the tightest presidential election in decades in Africa’s biggest democracy ahead of...

Read Full Story: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiLWh0dHBzOi8vZmFjdGNoZWNrLmFmcC5jb20v...