{"id":3508,"date":"2023-02-25T12:52:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T12:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:03:16","slug":"false-a-viral-video-claiming-three-men-have-been-killed-during-the-elections-did-not-happen-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/false-a-viral-video-claiming-three-men-have-been-killed-during-the-elections-did-not-happen-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"FALSE: A viral video claiming three men have been killed during the elections did not happen in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claim:<\/strong>\u00a0Three people have been shot in Nigeria on election day<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong>\u00a0Twitter<\/p>\n

Verdict:\u00a0FALSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researched by Gifty Tracy Aminu<\/strong><\/p>\n

A viral video showing four men on two motorbikes, wielding guns, and disrupting the voting process at a polling station (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) is being widely circulated on Twitter and portrayed as having happened in Nigeria in the ongoing general elections.<\/p>\n

The 30-second-long video also shows police officers gunning down the armed men.<\/p>\n

According to one Twitter user<\/a>: \u201cthree souls down just because of one politician. How much dem pay you. See people Papa na.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another Twitter user said: \u201cHappening now in ikorodu. Stay safe guys!!! #obiwon #NigeriaElections2023 Peter obi No Labour Party\u201d<\/p>\n

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A screengrab of a Tweet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/blockquote>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nigeria goes to the polls today, February 25, 2023, to elect a new President, Senators and House Representatives across the 36 states of the country.<\/p>\n

The race for the next president is being contested among 18 registered political parties, and 93,469,008 registered voters are expected to cast their ballot.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fact-check<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using InVID Verification tools, FactSpace has found that the video first appeared on the internet during Ghana\u2019s preparation towards the general election in 2020.<\/p>\n

Analysing the video, we found that it was captured at Ghana\u2019s Police Headquarters and the Police uniforms were for the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n

FactSpace also noticed that the ballot boxes have the Coat of Arms, a symbol used by the Ghana Electoral Commission on all electoral boxes, distributed to polling stations in the country.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, using Reverse Image Search, FactSpace traced the video to\u00a0Pulse Ghana<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Facebook Page, an online news platform, which published the video on November 5, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cGhana Police Training for election 2020,\u201d the news portal, Pulse Ghana captioned the video.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, the claim shared on Twitter is FALSE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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