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CLAIM: The Nigerian Tribune reports that Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Enugu State gubernatorial election.
VERDICT: MISLEADING
SOURCE: INEC
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CLAIM: Twitter users have shared a photo of people holding placards and protesting against Igbos in Lagos.
VERDICT: MISLEADING
SOURCES: Nairaland, TinEye, Google Reverse Image
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CLAIM: A Twitter user, @ObrusMados, claims that Shittu Rukayat is the youngest member of the state House of Assembly in the whole of Nigeria.
VERDICT: CORRECT
SOURCES: Tribune, Punch newspaper.
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CLAIM: A Twitter user, @DeeOneAyekooto, claims that Jigawa State's final results have been declared as follows: APC 460,302; PDP 275,776.
VERDICT: INCORRECT
SOURCE: INEC IReV portal
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CLAIM: Social media users claim a man named Chude has been kidnapped by the State Criminal Investigation Department in Anambra state.
VERDICT: Correct
SOURCE: Anambra state governor
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CLAIM: A Twitter user, @Theoladeledada, claims that Oladipupo Olatunde is the governor-elect of Ogun state.
VERDICT: INCORRECT
SOURCE: INEC IReV Portal
DATE: FACT-CHECK AUTHOR(s): Bunmi Aduloju
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CLAIM: Viral social media posts claim a young man defeated the incumbent speaker, Yobe State House of Assembly, Ahmed Lawan Mirwa, in the polls.
VERDICT: CORRECT
SOURCES: TheCable Newspaper, PremiumTimes
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CLAIM: A Twitter user claims Hon Anthony Chinasa Abiola is Yoruba representing Umuahia Central Constituency in Abia State House of Assembly under the @NgLabour.
VERDICT: Incorrect
SOURCE: TVC News
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Fact-checking claims around Nigeria's Governorship, State Assembly elections
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Fact-checking claims around Nigeria's Governorship, State Assembly elections 2
Here are some facts you may missed. 👇🏿
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CLAIM: A Twitter user, @ChumaOrji3, claimed ‘PDP political thugs’ were caught at Isi Uzo LGA of Enugu State.
VERDICT: PARTLY CORRECT
SOURCES: CODE OBSERVER, The Whistler
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CLAIM: A claim on Twitter suggests that thugs in Fadeyi area of Lagos, were chanting, “if you no vote for APC, don’t come out o” earlier today.
VERDICT: CORRECT
SOURCE: Invid
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CLAIM: Ex-Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, claimed INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, worked under Rivers State gov, Nyesom Wike, as Executive Secretary of TETFUND.
VERDICT: Misleading
SOURCE: TETFUND website
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CLAIM: Social media users claim the managing director of Kano Line Transport, who is also an APC chieftain, Bashir Aliko Koki, was arrested for electoral violence.
VERDICT: Unproven
SOURCE: Kano state Police PRO
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CLAIM: The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Delta State, Kenneth Gbagi, said over 43.4% of the youths are out of jobs.
VERDICT: UNPROVEN.
SOURCE: National Bureau of Statistics
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#NigeriaDecides2023: Fact-checking events post-Presidential/NASS elections (Series 6).
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#NigeriaDecides2023: Fact-checking events post-Presidential/NASS elections (Series 5).
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A viral video shared by Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) shows the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, saying he is a governor rather than Nigeria’s president-elect.
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A screenshot of a purported AP headline shows the president of the USA, Joe Biden, calling for the cancellation of Nigeria’s presidential election.
VERDICT: INCORRECT.
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#NigeriaDecides2023: Fact-checking events post-Presidential/NASS elections (Series 4).
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