{"id":5766,"date":"2024-10-07T23:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T23:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:31:58","slug":"fact-check-viral-video-of-capsized-ferry-is-from-drc-not-nigerias-niger-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/fact-check-viral-video-of-capsized-ferry-is-from-drc-not-nigerias-niger-state\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT-CHECK: Viral video of capsized ferry is from DRC not Nigeria\u2019s Niger State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claim: <\/b>Video showing a capsized boat happened in Nigeria\u2019s Niger State.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/b> Facebook\/WhatsApp<\/span><\/p>\n

Verdict: <\/b>Misleading<\/span><\/p>\n

Researched by Hamza Ibrahim<\/b><\/p>\n

A 53-second video showing a ferry loaded with people capsizing into water has been portrayed online as the scene of an accident that happened in Nigeria\u2019s Niger State on October 2, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

The video has since gone viral on WhatsApp and other <\/span>social media<\/span><\/a> platforms including <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a> in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On October 2, 2024, a boat carrying more than 300 passengers identified as\u00a0 Muslims was travelling from Mundi to Gbajibo for the annual Maulud celebration when it capsized on a river in Niger State, in the northwest of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkish news agency, Anadolu Ajansi in a report on October 7 citing local news sources said <\/span>70 victims had been confirmed dead<\/span><\/a> with over 150 rescued.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Using the InVID Verification Tool’s keyframe feature combined with the Reverse Image Search function, FactSpace Nigeria found that the video of the capsizing was not shot in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Information gathered from the internet shows that the video was captured during an incident on Lake Kivu in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on October 3, 2024, a day after the Nigeria incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a> on October 3, 2024, shared the video on its YouTube Channel and captioned it; \u201c<\/span>Footage filmed by a witness shows the moment an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 78 people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

FactSpace Nigeria also found an X user <\/span>Rev Christine Coleman<\/span><\/a>, who shared the same video confirming the incident in the DRC adding a list of survivors to the post on X.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, voices in the background of the video could be heard saying \u2018Jesus save us\u2019 in Congo Swahili, which is not a language spoken in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, <\/span>Channels TV<\/span><\/a> has shared the original <\/span>video showing<\/span><\/a> how the boat was loaded before the mishap in Niger State.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Verdict<\/b><\/p>\n

The video showing a capsizing ferry did not happen in Nigeria but in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the claim is misleading. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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